Upper Half of Sculpture of a Man
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Limestone, pigment
PERIOD
Late Old Kingdom or early Middle Kingdom or late 19th century
DIMENSIONS
4 1/4 × 2 5/16 × 2 1/8 in. (10.8 × 5.8 × 5.4 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
16.210
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Upper half of a male figure with a bag wig. Plain back pillar to bottom of wig. Much reddish paint on face and body, and traces on negative space; no trace of color on wig or back pillar; top of a white kilt. Likely a degenerate or provincial ancient work, rather than a modern forgery.
Condition: Figure missing from elbows down. Right arm broken and mended. Major portion of flesh painted preserved.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Upper Half of Sculpture of a Man. Limestone, pigment, 4 1/4 × 2 5/16 × 2 1/8 in. (10.8 × 5.8 × 5.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.210. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.210_view1.jpg)
IMAGE
front,
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