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Description: | The head of this figure has a distinctive double chin and long cranium. The statuette shows a man wearing a close fitting skull cap, a long pleated kilt and a broad collar of six rows with drop bead lower border. He is seated on an alter-like chair with shield-shaped back, his feet resting upon a block. He holds the two rolled ends of a papyrus which is connected to his lap by a narrow sprue. The sides and front of his footstool and the open part of the papyrus roll are incised with hieroglyphic inscriptions. The underside of the base and footstool are hollow, formed with two tangs at the front and back, for insertion into a podium. The irises of the eyes are gilded. The base is cracked and slightly bent upwards at the front. The condition of the bronze is good and the detail is crisp. Description Source: Helen Coleman | Subjects: | figure sculpture in the round statuette | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=590... | Go to resource |
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