MONUMENTAL PORTRAIT HEAD
Likely Representing Nectanebo I
(First Pharaoh of the 30th Dynasty)
- Egypt
- likely from the Avenue of Sphynxes at Luxor
- Late Period, 30th dynasty (380 - 343 BC)
- Mid 4th century
- Limestone
- H. 45 cm (18 in.)
- Provenance:
• Former collection of Albert Eid (1886–1950). The son of a Belgian consul to Egypt, Albert Eid was born in Cairo and ran an antiquities shop at Sikket el-Bådistån in Khan el-Khalili under the name ‘Albert Eid & Co.’.
• Owned by the Grusenmeyer family prior to 1973.
• Ann de Gryse (1978-2026).
- Published:
• Adbel Hamid ZAYED, Egyptian Antiquities, printed by the Scribe égyptien S.A.E., Cairo,1962, fig. 24 & 25, pp. 17-18.
- Due diligence:
• IADAA Search Certificate (March 2026).
Photo credit : Studio Asselberghs – Frédéric Dehaen
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