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© Bruce M. White, 2022.
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Head from a Coffin Lid

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 25
Dateca. 722-655 BCE
MediumWood, gesso, paint, varnish, stone
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions26 3/4 x 17 11/16 in. (68 x 45 cm)
Object number2018.010.419
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesHotel des Chevau-Legers, Versailles, Monnaies Anciennes-Archeologie (10 Fevrier 1974), lot 122.
Renee Stein, et al., "Reconciling Restoration," in Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, ed. Melinda K. Hartwig (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), Figure 5.4.
Melinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 70.
ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Chevau-Legers, Versailles France, February 10, 1974, lot 122. 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