Bust of a Standing Man

ca. 2040 BCE (First Intermediate) H: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); H without base: 4 3/4 x W: 3 5/8 x D: 2 1/8 in. (12 x 9.2 x 5.4 cm) Citation Source image

This bust, broken off across the breast and upper arms, was once probably part of a seated tomb statue. There are no traces of a rear pillar. He wears a short, close-fitting wig of rectangular rows of curls, which leaves his modeled ears uncovered. He originally wore a short k...

Sculpture

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11033
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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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