Head of a Man, Belonging to a Block Statue
This small-sized head represents a man wearing a shoulder-length duplex wig, a hairstyle worn by the fashionable male elite of Dynasty 18. Its facial features are typical of private statues dating from the reign of Amenhotep III that mimicked the king’s features. Below the face, at the neck’s level, the stone surface forms a horizontal area, which suggests his head was orginally part of a block statue. This term refers to a type of private statue characterized by an individual depicted in a squatting posture. Contemporary small-sized block statues are documented and it is more than probable that, when it was complete, this example would have been placed in a temple.
Artwork Details
- Title: Head of a Man, Belonging to a Block Statue
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 18
- Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
- Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Gabbro-gneiss (?)
- Dimensions: H. 4.1 × W. 4.4 × D. 3.8 cm (1 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/2 in.)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
- Object Number: 2021.41.6
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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