ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Head of a Nubian
AAT Object Form/Functionsculpture (visual works)
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
Date1st Century BCE
MediumBronze, silver
Credit LineGift in memory of Edward Safani, by partial exchange
Dimensions4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Object number2001.020.001
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - March 13, 2018MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, June 4, 2018 - Present
Published ReferencesGalerie Nefer, Nefer 5 (1987), 20, number 30.
ProvenanceEx private collection, Europe. Ex Micheline Lesser Collection. With Alan Safani [Safani Gallery], New York, New York, purchased November 5, 1985. With Galerie Nefer, Zurich, Switzerland, 1987. Acquired by MCCM from Safani.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
ca. 722-655 BCE
722-655 BCE
2592-2436 BCE
1390-1292 BCE
7th Century BCE
1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
1st Century BCE
early 2nd Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-mid 1st Century CE
ca. 1st century BCE-1st century CE
mid 1st Century BCE-mid 1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
