Cover of an Anthropoid Sarcophagus

Description Provenance Credit

Description This sarcophagus cover has a picked rough surface except for the human face. The figure's ears are turned out. The head is broken at neck level.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1913

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

ca. 746-335 BC (?) (Late Period (?))

Medium

limestone
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

22.110

Measurements

H: 19 11/16 x L: 20 7/8 x D: 12 11/16 in. (50 x 53 x 32.2 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View