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Portrait Head From A Sarcophagus
Portrait Head From A Sarcophagus

Portrait Head From A Sarcophagus

Dateca. 1000 B.C.
Maker Egyptian
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
Mummy portrait head
Mummy portrait head
Egyptian, Roman period
3rd century
Object number: 46.53
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Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
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ca. 664 - 525 B.C.
Object number: 44.37
Seated figure of Isis
Seated figure of Isis
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ca. 1st century B.C.
Object number: 47.54
Head from a statue of Pharaoh Thutmosis III
Head from a statue of Pharaoh Thutmosis III
Egyptian
mid-15th century B.C.
Object number: 52.70
Funerary Portrait
Funerary Portrait
Egyptian
1st - 2nd century
Object number: 50.62
Fayum Portrait
Fayum Portrait
Egyptian
3rd century
Object number: 46.51
Fayum Portrait
Fayum Portrait
Egyptian
1st century
Object number: 46.52
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus
Egyptian
probably ca. 2130-1991 B.C.
Object number: 69.75
Head of Sakhmet
Head of Sakhmet
Egyptian
1350-1085 B.C.
Object number: 48.51
Photo: Susan Cole
Head of a woman (Arsinoe II or Arsinoe III)
Egyptian, Alexandria
3rd century B.C.
Object number: 50.42
Head of Pataek (Ptah, The Dwarf)
Head of Pataek (Ptah, The Dwarf)
Egyptian
Object number: 52.158
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Head of Amenemhet III
Egyptian
ca. 18th-19th century B.C.
Object number: 55.176