Low-relief: study for a portrait of a pharaoh

Representing the head of a pharaoh in profile wearing the 'khepresh', the blue crown used by the monarch in battle or on ceremonial occasions, and a necklace depicted in minute detail. The 'khepresh' is ornamented in front with the 'uraeus', the symbol of royal power, and behind by the falcon god Horus, protector of royalty, which holds the symbol of eternity, 'shen' with its claws.
Despite the delicacy and precision of the detail, this low-relief was only a preparatory study for a final work, carried out shortly before the death of Alexander the Great, at a time when Ptolomey Soler, son of the Governor of Egypt, took over power, governing as king.