King Standing

Description This statue is sculpted in the round, and depicts a King standing with a uraeus on his forehead. He wears a long wig, and has a stele at his back. His nose has been restored. The statue is broken off across the legs with holes from previous restorations. The eyes are hollow, and fitted with paste.

Provenance P. Philip and Others Sale, 1905, no. 56 [illustrated with restored feet and without restored eyes]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquistion unknown] [as found at the Pyramids]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912