Sculptor Model for a Royal Bust

ca. 200-150 BCE (Ptolemaic)

16.1 cm 18.8 cm 9.5 cm

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A limestone model bust of a royal male wearing the "nemes" headdress with a "uraeus." The "uraeus" serpent has been broken away. As was typical for the period, the "uraeus" had two coils, one to each side and the tail extended back over the top of the rounded "nemes." Benea...

Sculpture

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1920, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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