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Lot 20

Lot 20

An Egyptian Granite Head of a Man

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Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000

Estimate$30,000 – $50,000

Status

Closed

An Egyptian Granite Head of a Man

Late Period, 28th-30th Dynasty, 404-343 B.C.

Height 6 3/8 inches (16.19 cm).

Provenance:

Sotheby's Parke-Bernet, New York, Ancient Art, 11 December 1980, Lot 304.

Charles Pankow (1923-2004), San Francisco, acquired from the above.

Sotheby's, New York, The Charles Pankow Collection of Egyptian Art, 8 December 2004, Lot 97.

Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Published:

H. Betz (ed.), Egyptian Antiquities from the Charles Pankow Collection, San Francisco, 1981, p. 18.

J. Malek, et al., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, vol. 8, part 2, Oxford, 1999, p. 914, no. 801-766-431.

Exhibited:

California, San Francisco, Van Doren Gallery.

Indiana, West Lafayette, Purdue University.

California, Santa Clara, Triton Museum of Art.

California, San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art.

Hawaii, Honolulu, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Egyptian Antiquities from the Charles Pankow Collection, 1981.

Inspected under UV light and 10x loupe. Jagged break to bottom edge. Some visible abrasions and surface wear typical of age. Overall in fine and attractive condition. See additional images. Affixed to stand. Height with stand 9 1/8 inches (23.18 cm).

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Mr. Coley joined the Antiquities department in 2021 after working as Managing Director in the Ancient Art department at Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial art gallery, where he helped to establish the Ancient Art department and launched Colnaghi New York in 2017. Prior to Colnaghi, Mr. Coley was in the Greek and Roman Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Coley holds a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Art Market from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and he earned an art-appraisal certificate from New York University.

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