Boston Green Head

The Boston Green Head is a greywacke sculptured head of an Egyptian priest from the Late Period of ancient Egypt. The head is dated to 380–332 BC[1] and is housed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States.

Provenance

The head is believed to have been found in 1858 at the Serapeum of Saqqara.[1] Later Muhammed Said Pasha, a pro-French viceroy of Egypt, gave it to Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte.[1]

In 1904 the head was purchased by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts from Edward Perry Warren.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Head of a priest (The Boston Green Head)". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

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