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Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Head from a Coffin Lid
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Head from a Coffin Lid

Place CreatedFaiyum, Egypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 25
Date722-655 BCE
MediumWood, gesso, paint, varnish, bronze, glass
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions18 x 12 3/16 x 4 3/4 in. (45.7 x 31 x 12 cm)
Object number2018.010.420
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesHotel des Ventes du Prado, Marseille, Monnaies-Archeologie Objets de Fouilles (31 Mars 1973), lot 193.
Melinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 71.
ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Ventes du Prado, Marseille, France, March 31, 1973, lot 193. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art