Head of King Amenhotep II with the ""Blue Crown""

1427-1401 BCE (New Kingdom)

21 cm 29 cm 23.5 cm

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The khepresh, or "blue crown," appears frequently in royal sculpture of the New Kingdom. The king wore this crown on campaigns or in ceremonial processions. As with all royal headdresses, the coiled, protective uraeus serpent appears at the brow.

Sculpture

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32992
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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9
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Thutmoside
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