About the lot N° 52
Title : AN EGYPTIAN STEATITE PORTRAIT HEAD OF A PHARAOH
Size : (3.1 cm.) highProvenance : with Charles D. Kelekian, New York.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 1980, lot 247.
Lester Wolfe, New York.
The Collection of the Late Lester Wolfe, New York; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 1-2 March 1984, lot 152.Literature : G.D. Scott, III, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 95.
G.D. Scott, III, Dynasties: The Egyptian Royal Image in the New Kingdom, San Antonio, 1995, no. 24.
D. C. Forbes, "Harer Collection of Egyptian Antiquities," in KMT, vol. 8, 1997, p. 21.Notes : While the round face with large eyes and thick upper lids is characteristic to portraits of both Amenhotep III (1391-1353 B.C.) and Tutankhamen (1333-1323 B.C.), the pierced ears and the flesh folds on the neck suggest that Tutankhamen is intended. Amenhotep III was the first king to favor the Khepresh crown for portraiture, and its use continued during the reigns of Akhenaten and Tutankhamen. For an indurated limestone portrait of Tutankhamen wearing the Khepresh crown see no. 241 in R.E. Freed, et al., Pharaohs of the Sun, Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamen.Christie's, auctioneer, New York, US
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Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 11 Dec 2014
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