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King
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This fully carved figure of a king wears the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, a false beard, and a kilt. The flesh is painted red, the long hair and crowns blue and the kilt is left white. His arms are at his sides and are very small and cut free from the body. The piece is broken at the knees and the top of the crown is broken off. The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.
Provenance
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Yonssauf Hassan, Luxor [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt, Luxor (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.149