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Egyptian Greywacke Torso of Ptolemy II, Philadelphos wearing a royal nemes headdress, unengraved back pillar. 281-246BC Height: 26.6 cm. (10 1/2 in.) ex: private American collection, 1970's-1980's. Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures V (New York, 2007) p.11 Antiquarium Ltd.; Myth and Majesty (New York, 1992) no.48 Comparanda: Stanwick, Paul Edmund ; Portraits of the Ptolemies : Greek kings as Egyptian pharaohs (Austin, 2002) A3, A23, A30, A36 Gerry D. Scott, III; Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale (New Haven, 1986) no.94 Bothmer, Bernard V. (ed.); Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period. 700BC - AD100 (New York, 1960) cat.109 (pl.101, nos.270-271)