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Bust of Amenhotep III, re-employed by Ramses II

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Bust of Amenhotep III, re-employed by Ramses II

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Monumental head of an Egyptian king, originally most likely Amenhotep III, 1390-1353 B.C., later re-cut and re-employed by Ramesses II, 1279-1213 B.C. Wearing a broad beaded collar and striped nemes-headcloth with fragmentary queue behind. The uraeus and postiche missing, with the incised beard-strap lines still visible. A circular recess is cut into the top of the head, probably to hold the Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The hard cream-coloured stone from which this head is carved was particularly favoured by Amenhotep III, however, the head bears evidence of modification. The carved vertical recess on the front of the head would have served to secure the addition of a nose, and the alteration and addition of an uraeus designated by Ramesside stylistic preference. The apparent addition of other royal accoutrements, perhaps streamers or additional cobras, is suggested by several narrow-drilled recesses on the sides and back of the head. Another modification is the indication of recesses to indicate pierced ears, which did not appear in royal statuary until the time of Amenhotep III’s son, Akhenaten, and his successors. The drilled recesses at the corners of the lips visually assisted the transformation of what was originally a wider mouth to the smaller mouth preferred by King Ramesses II. Amenhotep III, father of Akhenaten and grandfather of Tutankhamun, presided over a rich and prosperous reign of almost thirty-nine years which saw a flowering of grand art and architecture, best exemplified by the two enormous statues of the king outside his mortuary temple Thebes, known since classical Greek times as the Colossi of Memnon. Published Günther Roeder, Hermopolis 1929-1939; Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Hermopolis-Expedition in Hermopolis, Ober-Ägypten, in Verbindung mit zahlreichen Mitarbeitern, 1959, pp. 11 and 257, pl. 43 f. Provenance Most likely from Hermopolis. Recorded in March 1930 by Günther Roeder (1881-1966) as being in the possession of a local dealer named Gelâl in the village of al-Idara, later published in his 1959 book. Private Collection of Eleanor Rixson Cannon (1896-1985), New York, prior to c. 1976. Private Collection of Frances Lown Crandall (1927-2015), New York, who was a close friend of Eleanor Cannon’s and received this head from the above as a gift in the early 1970s and certainly prior to c. 1976 (accompanied by a photograph of Frances’ son Christopher Crandall, aged 12, with the head in the background dated c. 1976 and a note, diary entry and photos of the statue from Richard Keresey of Sotheby’s dated August 1989). The head was kept at the family residence in Cherry Hill, NJ, until 1986 when it was moved to their new home in Brookfield, CT, before they moved again in 1994 to Princeton, NJ. Thence by descent to her husband Maxson Crandall Jr. (1929-2016), 15th July 2015. Thence by descent to their children Maxson Ray Crandall III, Brooks Christian Crandall and Christopher Carson Crandall, 19th December 2016, kept at the home of Christopher Crandall in West Milford, NJ. ALR: S00223332, with IADAA Certificate, this item has been checked against the Interpol database.

Dimensions:
Height: 14.57 in (37 cm)Width: 19.3 in (49 cm)Depth: 13.78 in (35 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Limestone,Carved
Place of Origin:
Egypt
Period:
15th Century and Earlier
Date of Manufacture:
1540-1190 B.C.
Condition:
Repaired: Proper left side of wig repaired, with remains of plaster fill along join. Surface weathered and /or abraded overall and with seemingly intentional damage to facial features. Comes with vintage concrete base roughly shaped to receive bottom of head. Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Drilled through from top to bottom and across proper left shoulder and side of wig. Top of head carved flat. Beard fragmentary and front of neck gouged out. Vertical channel running continuously through nose and forehead.
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU5517242130522

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