AN EGYPTIAN RED QUARTZITE HEAD OF A PRIEST

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Lot 22 | AN EGYPTIAN RED QUARTZITE HEAD OF A PRIEST
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£ 30 000 – 50 000
AN EGYPTIAN RED QUARTZITE HEAD OF A PRIEST
LATE PERIOD - PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
9 ½ in. (24.3 cm.) high




Provenance

with Peter Sharrer Ancient Art, New Jersey.
with Heinz Herzer, Munich, acquired from the above in 1974.
Resandro collection, acquired from the above in 1986.
The Resandro Collection; Christie's, London, 6 December 2016, lot 134.



Literature

H. Schlögl, Le don du Nil: Art Égyptien dans les collections Suisses, Basel, 1978, advert towards the back of publication.
H. Herzer (ed.), Ägyptische und moderne Skulptur. Aufbruch und Dauer, 1986, no. 1, front and back end papers.
S. Schoske and D. Wildung, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, Mainz, 1993, p. 212, no. 134.
I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p. 144, no. R-411.



Exhibited

Museum Morsbroich, Schloss; Municipal Museum Leverkusen, Morsbroich; Kunsthalle of the Hypo Cultural Foundation, Munich, Ägyptische und moderne Skulptur, Aufbruch und Dauer, 24 January - 22 June 1986.
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin; Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin; Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München, Munich; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, 1992-1993.
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