Male Figure (Forgery)

1973.4.465

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Forgery of an ancient Egyptian antiquity acquired by Sir Henry Wellcome in 1930. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Light corrosion, white residue, surface dirt. Wellcome Historical Medical Museum no. A168583. MALE FIGURE. Bronze; on wooden stand; Greek inscription across back. ? Ptolemaic. Egypt. Purchased at Stevens’ Auction Rooms Ltd., London, 2 September 1930 Lot 531.