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Portrait Head From A Sarcophagus

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Portrait Head From A Sarcophagus

Dateca. 1000 B.C.

Object number63.157

Provenance[Mathias Komor]; purchased from Mr. Komor by Seattle Art Museum / funds by exchange (jade vase sold at Parke-Bernet, Seattle) from Mr. and Mrs. C. Davis Weyerhaeuser in memory of his mother, Seattle, Washington, November 4, 1963

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Museum: Mixed Metaphors, Fred Wilson, Jan. 28 - June 13, 1993. Text by Patterson Sims. No cat. no., reproduced p. 34.

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. C. Davis Weyerhaeuser

Dimensions22 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 6 in. (56.5 x 28.6 x 15.2 cm)

MediumWood with paint

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