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AN EGYPTIAN DIORITE STATUE OF IWY
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, 1550-1307 B.C.
Standing with the left leg forward, the face with plastically rendered elongated cosmetic lines and eyebrows, a broad nose, severe lips, rings of Venus on the throat, wearing a smooth wig, the arms extending downward in front of his body, hieroglyphic inscription on the front as well as the back and side of the back pillar naming his parents and the titles of his wife, termed "his sister," in keeping with the familial conventions of Dynasty XVIII, 11 1/4in. (28.5cm.) high
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, 1550-1307 B.C.
Standing with the left leg forward, the face with plastically rendered elongated cosmetic lines and eyebrows, a broad nose, severe lips, rings of Venus on the throat, wearing a smooth wig, the arms extending downward in front of his body, hieroglyphic inscription on the front as well as the back and side of the back pillar naming his parents and the titles of his wife, termed "his sister," in keeping with the familial conventions of Dynasty XVIII, 11 1/4in. (28.5cm.) high