Relief head

Description

The head of a Pharaoh in green glazed pottery. He is wearing a head-dress and has a stylized beard.

Object data

Accession number

MG 139/061

Materials

Ceramic; Pottery

Collection

Dimensions (cm)

Provenance

File of material relating to a Pharaohs head, Egypt green glazed pottery. Includes photocopy of information card with photocopy of image of object (date unspecified); photocopy of letter (2 December 1952) from Bernard V. Bothmer, Department of Egypt Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, to Gertrude Hunt, Lough Gur, Holy Cross, Kilmallock, county Limerick. In relation to present object states that Professor Muller, University of Munich, has not yet written about it in detail but his first impression is that it hails from the New Kingdom: 'this formation of the eyebrows has never been observed on Old Kingdom or Middle Kingdom heads thus far.'

Culture

Technique

Copyright Attribution

Relief head | Ceramic,Pottery | Date Unknown | The Hunt Collection | PD

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