AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE DOUBLE-SIDED SCULPTOR'S MODEL
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE DOUBLE-SIDED SCULPTOR'S MODEL PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C. Each side sculpted in raised relief, one depicting the head of a prince in the guise of Harpokrates, the corpulent child in profile to the right, wearing a cap-crown fronted by a uraeus , the streamer falling onto his shoulder, wearing the side lock of youth and a crescent-shaped earring with a globular pendant; the other side depicting the head of a pharaoh in profile to the right, wearing the Blue Crown fronted by a uraeus , its tail following the upper curved surface of the crown; preserving traces of pigment on each face and crown 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE DOUBLE-SIDED SCULPTOR'S MODEL
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE DOUBLE-SIDED SCULPTOR'S MODEL PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C. Each side sculpted in raised relief, one depicting the head of a prince in the guise of Harpokrates, the corpulent child in profile to the right, wearing a cap-crown fronted by a uraeus , the streamer falling onto his shoulder, wearing the side lock of youth and a crescent-shaped earring with a globular pendant; the other side depicting the head of a pharaoh in profile to the right, wearing the Blue Crown fronted by a uraeus , its tail following the upper curved surface of the crown; preserving traces of pigment on each face and crown 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
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