AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, LATE REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, 1361-1353 B.C. Sculpted in sunk relief with an official seated on a high-backed chair, its sculpted legs with lion paw feet, his feet resting on a raised plinth, his bent arms projecting forward, grasping a kherep -scepter in his right hand, the left palm down, clad in a long elaborately-pleated garment, adorned with cuffed bracelets, a wesekh collar and the "gold of honor," wearing a double wig and short chin beard, his idealized features with an elongated rimmed eye beneath an arching brow, his fleshy lips pressed together, his prominent chin rounded, preserving the lower portion of a hieroglyphic inscription above, traces of polychromy throughout 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) high
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, LATE REIGN OF AMENHOTEP III, 1361-1353 B.C. Sculpted in sunk relief with an official seated on a high-backed chair, its sculpted legs with lion paw feet, his feet resting on a raised plinth, his bent arms projecting forward, grasping a kherep -scepter in his right hand, the left palm down, clad in a long elaborately-pleated garment, adorned with cuffed bracelets, a wesekh collar and the "gold of honor," wearing a double wig and short chin beard, his idealized features with an elongated rimmed eye beneath an arching brow, his fleshy lips pressed together, his prominent chin rounded, preserving the lower portion of a hieroglyphic inscription above, traces of polychromy throughout 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) high
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