PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332–30 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SCULPTOR'S MODEL OF A ROYAL BUST
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332–30 B.C.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high

Provenance

Charles Dikran Kelekian (1899-1982), New York, with inventory sticker ‘No. 390’ on reverse.
Jack Josephson (1930-2022), New York, acquired from the above prior to 1982.

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Lot Essay

For related models see a head of a Ptolemy as a pharaoh in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa, California (inv. no. 81.AA.164) and another example in the Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey (inv. no. y1951-73).

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