Head of a woman

Head of a woman

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the early Ptolemaic Period, delicate Hellenistic-style female figures were imported from Greece but also produced in Memphis and Alexandria. This figurine was produced in an Egyptian clay.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of a womanHead of a womanHead of a womanHead of a womanHead of a woman

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.