Collection
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Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Face from a Composite Statue

ca. 1075–656 B.C.E.

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Object Label

The exceptional quality of modeling on this face sets it apart from most bronze statues of this size. The traces of gilding, which suggest a divine visage, and the remains of inlaid eyes are mere hints of its original splendor.

The shape of the fragment indicates that this hollow cast face was produced separately, perhaps for a composite statue. However, the shape of the neck is reminiscent of human-headed attachments for processional barks, which held divine images during temple festivals.

Caption

Face from a Composite Statue, ca. 1075–656 B.C.E.. Bronze, stone?, gold, 1 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 2 13/16 in. (4.1 x 5.3 x 7.2 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, 16.198. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Face from a Composite Statue

Date

ca. 1075–656 B.C.E.

Period

Third Intermediate Period

Geography

Place made: Egypt

Medium

Bronze, stone?, gold

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

1 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 2 13/16 in. (4.1 x 5.3 x 7.2 cm)

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

Accession Number

16.198

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