A GREEK MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF PTOLEMY VIII, PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, REIGN OF PTOLEMY VIII, CIRCA 170-116 B.C.

A GREEK MARBLE PORTRAIT HEAD OF PTOLEMY VIII
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, REIGN OF PTOLEMY VIII, CIRCA 170-116 B.C.
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high

Provenance
with Dikran Kelekian (1868–1951), New York, 1947 (Inventory no. 4671).
with Charles D. Kelekian (1900–1982), New York.
Constance (1905–2002) and Edgar P. Richardson (1902-1985), Philadelphia, acquired from the above, 1968.
The Collection of Constance and the late Edgar P. Richardson, Philadelphia; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 30 May 1986, lot 35.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM KELLY SIMPSON

Literature
R.R.R. Smith, "Ptolemaic Portraits: Alexandria Types, Egyptian Versions, " in M. True and K. Hamma, eds., Alexandria and Alexandrianism, Malibu, 1996, p. 207, fig. 6.
R.R.R. Smith, Hellenistic Royal Portraits, Oxford, 1988, p. 167, no. 58, pl. 39, 3 and 4.
R.R.R. Smith, Hellenistic Sculpture: A Handbook, London, 1991, p. 209, fig. 241.
S. Walker and P. Higgs, Cleopatra of Egypt, From History to Myth, London, 2001, pp. 54-55, no. 21.
S.A. Ashton, "Ptolemaic Royal Sculpture from Egypt: The Interaction between Greek and Egyptian Tradition," British Archaeological Reports 55, 2001, p. 55, no. 1.4.
P.E. Stanwick, Portraits of the Ptolemies: Greek Kings as Egyptian Pharaohs, Austin, 2002, pp. 72-73, figs. 258-259.

Exhibited
New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, 1986 (Loan no. 14.1986.1).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992 (Loan no. 1992.27).
London, British Museum, and elsewhere, Cleopatra of Egypt, From History to Myth, 2001.