Bust of a King

Description Conservation Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This model of the head of a King has the top of the head cut off. It has bands on the chest, probably for the ends of a wig. There are squares drawn on the top, bottom, and back.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
8/23/1972	Treatment	cleaned

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisiton unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Number] Old label on bottom: 3608

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

664-525 BCE (?) (Late Period; Saite (?))

Medium

limestone
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

22.276

Measurements

H: 6 1/2 × W: 5 7/16 × Max D: 3 13/16 in. (16.5 × 13.8 × 9.75 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View