Description : NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AMENHOTEP II,
1427-1401 B.C.
Wearing a chin beard and a striated wig flaring behind his prominent ears, the convex almond-shaped eyes with extended cosmetic lines and conforming brows, preserving portions of a hieroglyphic inscription to the right of the head, along the proper right shoulder and in two columns along the back reading, My local god...after me... and ...she gives stability...[the Great Hall]
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
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About the lot N° 57 Title : An Egyptian Granite Head From A Block Statue Provenance : Said to be from Thebes.Lady Meux Collection, London.with Dikran G. Kelekian Inc., New York.C. Hartley Collection.with C. Dikran Kelekian, Ancient Arts, New York, 1964. Literature : E.A. Wallis Budge, Some Account of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities in the Possession of Lady Meux, of Theobalds Park, Waltham Cross, London, London, 1896, p. 139, no. 56. Notes : Property from the Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall Christie's, auctioneer, New York, USIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : Antiquities Sale date : 09 Dec 2005It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale