Head of a block statue, Egypt, Thebes, New Kingdom, XVIIIth Dynasty, Reign of Amenhotep II, circa 1428-1397 BC. Photo courtesy Axel Vervoordt

Granodiorite; 25 x 26 cm

Provenance: Evelyn Annenberg Hall collection, New York; C. Dikran Kelekian, Ancient Arts, New York, 1964; C. Hartley collection; Dikran G. Kelekian Inc., New York; Collection Lady Meux (1847-1910), London, acquired in 1895; W. Arnold Meijer collection, Netherlands.

Literature: C.A.R. Andrews, J. van Dijk (eds.), Objects for Eternity. Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p.132-134, 256-257 & 275, no.2.37, ill.; E.A.W. Budge, Some account of the Collection of Egyptian Antiquities in the possession of Lady Meux, of Theobald's Park, Waltham Cross, London 1896, p.139, no. 56

Exhibitions: Amsterdam, Allard Pierson Museum, Objects for Eternity, 17 November 2006-25 March 2007

Axel Vervoordt (stand 424) at TEFAF 2014. 14-23 march 2014 - http://www.tefaf.com/