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NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF OF THE PHARAOH AKHENATEN
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
Sculpted in sunk relief in the more exaggerated style of the early years of the king's reign, preserving the Pharaoh's head in profile to the right, wearing a tall crown adorned with a uraeus, a streamer fluttering along the nape of the neck, with an elongated slanted eye, the upper lid detailed, and a drooping chin, the figure bathed in three protective rays of the Aten, preserving red pigment for flesh tones and rays, blue for the crown
12¾ in. (32.4 cm.) wide
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
Sculpted in sunk relief in the more exaggerated style of the early years of the king's reign, preserving the Pharaoh's head in profile to the right, wearing a tall crown adorned with a uraeus, a streamer fluttering along the nape of the neck, with an elongated slanted eye, the upper lid detailed, and a drooping chin, the figure bathed in three protective rays of the Aten, preserving red pigment for flesh tones and rays, blue for the crown
12¾ in. (32.4 cm.) wide
Provenance
From Hermopolis.
with Charles Ede Ltd, London, 1985.
with Charles Ede Ltd, London, 1985.
Literature
G. Roeder, Amarna Reliefs aus Hermopolis, Hildesheim, 1969, no. PC88, pl. 185.
E. Ertman, "Another Look at a Relief of King Akhenaton from the Harer Family Trust Collection," in JSSEA, vol. XX, October 1990, pp. 108-112.
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 85, pp. 138-139.
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Dynasties: The Egyptian Royal Image in the New Kingdom, San Antonio, 1995, no. 20, p. 34.
E. Ertman, "Another Look at a Relief of King Akhenaton from the Harer Family Trust Collection," in JSSEA, vol. XX, October 1990, pp. 108-112.
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 85, pp. 138-139.
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Dynasties: The Egyptian Royal Image in the New Kingdom, San Antonio, 1995, no. 20, p. 34.
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, periodically 1986-1991.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Sun Disk's Horizon: Life in the City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, 1 October 1992-31 January 1993.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Dynasties: The Egyptian Royal Image in the New Kingdom, 6 January-9 April 1995.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Sun Disk's Horizon: Life in the City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, 1 October 1992-31 January 1993.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Dynasties: The Egyptian Royal Image in the New Kingdom, 6 January-9 April 1995.