Head of a King

1550-1292 BCE or modern (New Kingdom or modern) H: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm) Citation Source image

This sculpture of the head of a king has a uraeus on the forehead. His hair is divided into rectangles. There is a head of a hawk at the back of his neck. The uraeus is broken and the piece is broken off at the neck. The face has been inserted, and the piece is a forgery.

Sculpture

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12154
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sculpture
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stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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1
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