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EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM LIMESTONE RELIEF DEPICTING A HALF-FIGURE OF A MALE

Wearing a short wig composed of 20 tiers of tight curls. He is bare to the waist and both arms are raised; broken and repaired at the brow line and shoulder line.

Ex American private collection.

Vth-VIth Dynasty, ca. 2498-2181 BC

H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.)

Art of the Ancient World, 2009, no. 168
NM0801
$65,000


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