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Light stone statue of the bust of a pharaoh.

This light stone statue shows the bust of a pharaoh that extends to his elbows. A large crack in the stone runs diagonally across his arms and under his bare breasts. He wears a cloth crown with a detailed band along the brow, a rearing cobra above the band, and with cloth tails draping over his shoulders and ending at his breasts. On his face is a relaxed expression, and his almond shaped eyes are outlined in a manner that hints at kohl.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1041
Title
Bust of an Unidentified Ptolemaic King
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, bust
Date
304-30 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period
Ptolemaic period
Culture
Egyptian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291742

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Quartzite, coarse, white, translucent
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
28.6 cm (11 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ex collection Borelli Bey of Alexandria. Purchased by Grenville Winthrop from C. and E. Canessa Antiquaires, New York, on May 10th, 1919.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1041
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dows Dunham, "The Egyptian Antiquities", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum (1943), Vol. 10, No. 2, 40-43, p. 40, fig. 3.
  • Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), p. 256 (checklist).

Verification Level

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