Double-Sided Votive Relief, 305-30 BC. Trial pieces—carved on limestone flakes, or ostraca —and sculptors models allow us to see how the ancient Egyptian artist approached his work. Showing a wild dog's head on one side and a profile figure on the other, these pieces are masterpieces in their own right, and were probably meant to be copied.

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