Bust of Serapis

CultureRoman Egyptian
Titles
  • Bust of Serapis
Date100–150 AD
MediumEgyptian alabaster (calcite)
Dimensionsheight × length × width: 10 × 8 5/8 × 3 1/2 inches (25.4 × 8.6 × 8.9 cm.)

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.111
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
200 Jamail Atrium
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Department
Antiquities
Object Type
ProvenanceAndré Bircher (1838–1926), Cairo, by 1926 [1]; by inheritance to Mrs. F. Serveux, Cairo, 1926; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.

[1] Bircher Collection #197.
Exhibition History"Ten Centuries that Shaped the West," The Rice Institute for the Arts, Houston, October 15, 1970–January 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, February 3–April 1, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, May 16–July 11, 1971.

"Splendors of Ancient Egypt" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 22, 1996–March 29, 1997

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