Royal Head: Sculptor's model
Artist
EGYPT, EARLY PTOLOMAIC
Date330 BC
Mediumstone.
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Jean Tennyson Boissevain
Object number1974.67.6
DescriptionLimestone sculptor's model head wearing the nemes headwrap with a figure eight snake uraeus down the center; cosmetic lines extend from the eyes; full lips; ears not carved behind the lobes; incised grid lines on the flat back surface; this was broken off a larger piece at the neckOn View
Not on viewCollections
CHINA/INDIA
New Guinea
India
Egypt
1438-1412 BCE
1550-1306 BC
Mid 20th century. Collected 1968-1972.