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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF
OLD KINGDOM, 5TH-6TH DYNASTY, 2494-2181 B.C.
Sculpted in sunk relief, depicting an official standing in profile to the right, a woman in smaller scale, standing before him also facing right, presumably his wife, their facial features finely detailed, the official wearing a short belted kilt with an overlapping pleated panel, the belt knotted in front with a pleated flap rising up, his broad collar composed of three rows of short vertical beads interspersed by two sections of long vertical spacer beads, framed above and below by short horizontal beads, sporting a small striated square beard and a short echeloned wig concealing his ears, holding a staff in his left hand before him and a bolt of cloth in his lowered right hand, the woman wearing a tightly-fitting sheath dress with a V-shaped neckline plunging to her midriff and leaving her breast bare, and a striated tripartite wig, bejeweled in a broad collar, a beaded choker and a wide cuff bracelet, standing with her left arm bent acutely, her hand at her chest, her right arm lowered
27 ½ in. (69.8 cm.) high
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