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Mar 27, 2007
Votive Relief of a King
Votive Relief of a King
305–246 BC
Limestone
Overall: 13.6 x 8.9 x 1.8 cm (5 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 11/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.665
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Trial pieces—carved on limestone flakes, or ostraca—and sculptors' models allow us to see how the ancient Egyptian artist approached his work. Showing the profile of a king in relief, this piece is a masterpiece in its own right, and was probably meant to be copied.
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