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NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, CIRCA 1390-1352 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN GRANO-DIORITE BUST OF A HIGH OFFICIAL
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, CIRCA 1390-1352 B.C.
Wearing a double wig of striated locks radiating from the crown and echeloned curls beneath at the front, and false beard, the face sensitively carved with eyebrows, eyeline and mouth in relief, on his right shoulder incised double plumes above a cartouche of (Neb-)Maat-re, the prenomen of Amenhotep III, the broad back pillar with traces of a htp-di-nsw formula
6 in. (15.4 cm.) high
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, CIRCA 1390-1352 B.C.
Wearing a double wig of striated locks radiating from the crown and echeloned curls beneath at the front, and false beard, the face sensitively carved with eyebrows, eyeline and mouth in relief, on his right shoulder incised double plumes above a cartouche of (Neb-)Maat-re, the prenomen of Amenhotep III, the broad back pillar with traces of a htp-di-nsw formula
6 in. (15.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Baron Empain collection (1852-1929), France.
Accompanied by a French passport.
Accompanied by a French passport.
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