Male Head and Torso of a Sitting Statue of King Sesostris III? of Egypt

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Male Head and Torso of a Sitting Statue of King Sesostris III? of Egypt

Date1800 BC

PlaceHermopolis, Egypt

MediumBlack granite

Dimensions30 × 21 × 14 in. (76.2 × 53.3 × 35.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor in memory of Claire Schlumberger

Object number60.6

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Department

Antiquities

Object Type

SCULPTURE

ProvenanceSaid to have been found at Medamud [1]; [purchased by Mr. Herz, Cairo, c. 1915] [1]; [offered by Laurent Heliot, Paris, 1920's] [1]; [offered by Edouard Jonas, Paris, 1920's-30's] [1]; purchased by Mr. Larcade, by c. 1950 [1]; [sold through Alexander Iolas, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1960.

[1] Letter from John Cooney, Curator of Ancient Art, The Brooklyn Museum, dated June 22, 1960.
Exhibition History"Looking at Sculpture," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sept. 15–Dec. 29, 1991.

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