Face and Shoulder from an Anthropoid Sarcophagus
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Object Label
The rough, coarse surface of the original material revealed in the damage on this fragment stands in contrast to the magnificence of the highly polished basalt. In the later periods of Egyptian history, artists and their patrons preferred a shiny finish for stone statues and sarcophagi. The delicate shape of the face, the outlined eyes with slightly upturned eyebrows, the high cheekbones, and the full, smiling lips are characteristic of the Ptolemaic Period.
Caption
Face and Shoulder from an Anthropoid Sarcophagus, 332–30 B.C.E.. Greywacke, 18 1/2 × 20 1/2 × 5 in., 38.5 lb. (47 × 52.1 × 12.7 cm, 17.46kg) as mounted: 20 × 20 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (50.8 × 52.1 × 14 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1516E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1516E_edited_PS9.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
Not on view
Title
Face and Shoulder from an Anthropoid Sarcophagus
Date
332–30 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 26, or later
Period
Ptolemaic Period
Geography
Reportedly from: Giza, Egypt
Medium
Greywacke
Classification
Dimensions
18 1/2 × 20 1/2 × 5 in., 38.5 lb. (47 × 52.1 × 12.7 cm, 17.46kg) as mounted: 20 × 20 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (50.8 × 52.1 × 14 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
37.1516E
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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