Bust of a King with Unfinished ""Uraeus"" (Cobra) and Grid

3rd century BCE (Ptolemaic)

6.8 cm 16.6 cm 13.5 cm

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This sculptor's model depicts the bust of a king. The back, sides and base are flat and incised with grid squares, though some have been oblitherated. The king's face is finished, while the headcloth is nearly finished and lacks detail. The uraeus is indicated by a rectangular...

Sculpture

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Dendera]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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