ROYAL BAS-RELIEF The royal figure is shown in full bust, his head in profile to the left. Adorned with a false beard, his head is topped with a pschent and frontal uraeus. His neck is adorned with an ousekh necklace. He presents a globular vase as an offering. Above and facing him is the horizontal ankh cross, a symbol of eternal life. Limestone. Slight restoration. 34 x 41 cm Egypt, 30th Dynasty or early Ptolemaic period, 4th century BC A 30th Dynasty or early Ptolemaic period sandstone relief depicting a pharaoh. The royal figure is presented with the bust facing forward, the head in profile v. left. Adorned with a false beard, his head is topped with a pschent and frontal uraeus. The neck is decorated with an ousekh necklace. He presents a globular vase as an offering. Above, and facing it, is the horizontal ankh cross, symbol of eternal life. 4th Century B.C.E. Exhibition Du Nil à l'Escaut, Brussels, Banque Lambert, 5 April-9 June 1991, no. 345 A copy of the 1991 exhibition catalogue accompanies the object. Publication GUBEL. E., Du Nil à l'Escaut, Brussels, Banque Lambert, 5 April-9 June 1991, p. 262, no. 345 Provenance Marché de l'art Belge, Foire des Antiquaires de Belgique, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, acquired November 1984 (according to the inventory of the collection) Then by descent to the current owner Belgian private collection