An Egyptian Gypsum Plaster Head of a King, Early Ptolemaic Period, circa 305-200 B.C.
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
An Egyptian Gypsum Plaster Head of a King, Early Ptolemaic Period, circa 305-200 B.C.
probably a sculptor's model or votive head, perhaps Ptolemy II, wearing the nemes headcloth with uraeus, his idealized face with outlined lips and finely outlined almond-shaped eyes, the eyebrows in relief.
Height 10.2 cm., 4in.
Pilar Muñiz de Camahort, acquired in Cairo from R.M. Nahman in the 1950s;
by descent to Angelina Camahort de Boehm, Madrid;
by descent to American private collection (Sotheby’s, New York, June 5th, 2008, no. 59, illus.);
Private collection, acquired from the above;
Art market, London, 2024;
acquired by the current owner from the above.
Pilar Muñiz de Camahort was married to Ricardo Muñizy Verdugo, Minister Counselor in the Spanish Embassy to King Farouk and later President Nasser.
