AMER WINTER 2018
The live portion of this session begins on Thursday, February 8, 2018.
EXCAVATED STONE EGYPTIAN HEAD OF A KING.Characteristic of the Ptolemaic Period, late in pharaonic history. The classic head in weathered stone with a Nemes style headdress. It appears that there may have been something at the top front portion of the headdress, probably a uraeus cobra at the front with its two small coils over his forehead. A black wood plinth has been fashioned to receive the head for display purposes. Accompanying the piece are eight early photographs, many of which show Charles Dalton (husband of Ruth Deyo) holding the piece. There is an inventory number on the side "B9476 / 500". It comes in its original carrying crate stamped "Property of Ruth and Charles Dalton." Note: Ruth Lynda Deyo (1884-1960) was a successful concert pianist and traveled extensively during her career. In the 1920's she traveled to Egypt where she performed frequently, composing and working as a pioneering ethnomusicologist and became something of an Egyptologist, something quite unusual for a woman at that time. Accompanying her on these trips was her husband Charles Dalton. SIZE: 12" h x 11" at widest. With stand: 13-1/2" h x 10" w x 7" d. PROVENANCE: A most historical and important collection from the estate of Maria Decatur Mayo Deyo (Lila) Garnett of Kittery Point, Maine. CONDITION: Facial features, shoulder & back of head have chips & losses, some of the features have an overlay of plaster with reddish paint indicating potential later rework. 52714-41 WAG (1,500-2,500)