Upper Part of a Statue of a Man

4th-early 1st century BCE or modern (Late Period-Ptolemaic or modern)

42 cm 46 cm 29 cm

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Almost certainly a fragment of a life-size temple statue showing its owner reverently kneeling before his god, this figure is quite rare, perhaps even unique. The eyes and eyebrows were probably once inlaid with other materials, enhancing the liveliness of the facial features...

Sculpture

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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