Quartzite Head of Amen with features of The Pharaoh Tutankhamen
Quartzite Head of Amen with features of The Pharaoh Tutankhamen
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Published 2019-07-08T14:45:34+00:00
This brown quartzite head was sold at a Christies Auction in London on the 4th July, realizing a price of £4,746,250. The artefact originates in Egypt, but has been passed from one private collector to another. As the work submerges into the archives of another inaccessible collector's pockets until it reaches its sell-by date, we covertly scanned the sculpture in the auction house.
Lot Description:
A remarkable representation of the young king as the god Amen, recognizable by the distinctive crown with flaring sides and slightly convex top, once surmounted by tall double feathers with details carved in relief, the superbly modelled facial features with a deep depression between the naturalistic eyes and eyebrows, sensitively carved, the fleshy face with high cheekbones, the mouth particularly sensual with thicker upper lip and small full lower lip in a faint smile with downturned corners, the eyes and mouth with well defined contour lines, the ears left visible and elegantly framed by the sides of the crown, the rounded chin and false beard now missing, the head probably part of a seated statue originally, with support present at the back.
| Date published | 08/07/2019 |
| Schwierigkeitsgrad | Difficult |
| Title | Quartzite Head of Amen with features of The Pharaoh Tutankhamen |
| Date | ca. 333-1323 B.C. |
| Dimension | 11 ¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high |
| Period | 18th Dynasty |
| Medium | Brown Quartzite |
| Credit | Physical version stolen by Private Collectors. Egyptian, from Egypt. |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
