GERMAN, 1930S-1940S

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AN EGYPTIAN AMARNA STYLE PLASTER BUST OF A ROYAL FIGURE
GERMAN, 1930s-1940s
The painted plaster bust with head recessed to take a crown, outlined eyes, dark eyebrows and red painted lips, ears pierced, necklace indicated with three lines, underside inscribed with 'H' and '537'
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high

Provenance

Property from a European deceased estate.

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Lot Essay

The limestone bust, from which this cast has been taken, was excavated by the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft from a sculptor's studio at Tell el Amarna in the early 20th Century and is now in the Ägyptisches Museum Berlin, inv. no. 20496. It has been identified as Tutankhamun by K. H. Priese in the Ägyptisches museum Berlin catalogue, Mainz 1991, no. 72 and as 'Smenkhare' by C. Aldred in exhibition catalogue Akhenaten and Nefertiti, Brooklyn, 1973, fig. 55. 'Smenkhare' is thought, by a number of scholars, to be none other than Nefertiti.

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