Fragments of alabaster royal statue
Four fragments of life-sized alabaster statue of king with triple pleated wig and hawk apparently on back (see statue of Khafre).
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:4
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_25-1-587
- Alternate IDs
- 25-1-587; HUMFA_25-1-587
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 01/09/1925
- Title
- Fragments of alabaster royal statue
- Medium
- Alabaster
- Dimensions
- Height: 15.3 cm; 13.5 cm Width: 21.2 cm; 18.2 cm Length: 13.9 cm; 17.9 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Two meters E of pit G 7102 C (about over G 7102, chapel)
- Bibliography
- Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, p. 254, cat. 57. Galeris nationales du Grand Palais (France), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York N.Y.), and Royal Ontario Museum. L'art Égyptien Au Temps Des Pyramides: Paris, Galeries Nationales Du Grand Palais 6 Avril-12 Juillet 1999, New-York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art 16 Septembre 1999-9 Janvier 2000, Toronto, Musée Royal De L'ontario 13 Février-22 Mai 2000. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux 1999, p. 222, cat. 64. Simpson, William Kelly. The Mastabas of Qar and Idu, G 7101 and 7102. Giza Mastabas 2. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1976, pp. 19, 30, pl. XIVd, fig. 43. Smith, William Stevenson. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom. London: Oxford University Press, 1946, pl. 5a.
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
