Egyptian Painted Sandstone Head of an Official

SKU: MS.0057

Origin: Egypt
Circa: New Kingdom, 18th-20th Dynasty, c. 1550 - 1070 BC
Dimensions: 3.15" Height (8cms)
Medium: Sandstone

Wearing a smooth shoulder-length headcloth, with pigment preserved throughout, including red-brown for the flesh, black and white for the eyes and brows, and blue for the headcloth.

with Philip Mitry, acquried in Cairo and brought with him to the U.S. in the late 1950s to early 1960s. wtih Superior Galleries, Los Angeles. Dr Benson Harer, Seattle, acquired from the above on 30 January 1976. "Ancient Egyptian Art from the Harer Family Trust Collection," Christie's, New York, 9 December 2005, lot 15. with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York.

G.D. Scott, III, "Temple, Tomb, and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection," San Bernardino, 1992, no. 12, pp. 28-29.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, periodically 1986 - 1991. San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, "Temple, Tomb, and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection," 8 January - 30 December 1992.

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Egyptian Painted Sandstone Head of an Official

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