EGYPT. Rare male head sculpted realistically under the influence of Hellenistic and Roman art. The top of the dorsal pillar is preserved on the occipital part. Basalt (or diorite). Second half of 1st century BC H. 14.5 cm (21 cm with base). For comparison: - O. Perdu, Les statues privées de la fin de l'Égypte pharaoniques, Musée du Louvre, Khéops, 2012, p. 366-373, no. 34 (E 1127). - Cat. Expo, Les empereurs du Nil, Peeters, 2000, p. 232, n° 142 and p.250, n° 172. Provenance: Former collection of Minister Joseph Caillaux, acquired before 1943.