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Sculptor's model for the head of a king
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI 664 BCE-525 BCE
Medium
plaster
Measurements
17.5 × 10.0 × 10.4 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Howard Spensley, 1939
© Public Domain
Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor
Level 2, NGV International
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Egypt
Accession Number
4160-D3
Department
Antiquities
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Model of a royal head with the royal headdress and uraeus. The features are well executed with distinctly softer modelling around the nose and mouth, a feature indicative of the Ptolemaic Period. The facial features are quite worn and the back of the headdress, from the ears, has broken away.