Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011

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Head of a priest

1st–2nd century A.D.
Overall: 37 x 16 x 26 cm (14 9/16 x 6 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Limestone, with glass inlays for eyes

Classification: Sculpture

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Roman Imperial

Accession number: 2011.230

Provenance/Ownership History: By 1960, Galerie le Véel, Paris; 1960, sold by Galerie le Véel to Jean Henri Deriat (b. 1922), Paris; 2001, sold by Deriat to Cybele Gallery, Paris; 2011, sold by Cybele Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 22, 2011)

Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund