Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . no earlier BRONZES. i43 than the beginning of the Ptolemaic period. Afragment from Tanis in the possession of CountStroganeff formed part of a statue of King Petukhanuof the Twenty-first Dynasty. It must have been atleast two-thirds of life-size, and is one of thelargest pieces we portrait statuette ofthe lady Takiishet givenby M. Demetrio to themuseum at Athens, thefour figures at theLouvre, and the kneel-ing genius at Cairo cameoriginally from Bubastis,and probably
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . no earlier BRONZES. i43 than the beginning of the Ptolemaic period. Afragment from Tanis in the possession of CountStroganeff formed part of a statue of King Petukhanuof the Twenty-first Dynasty. It must have been atleast two-thirds of life-size, and is one of thelargest pieces we portrait statuette ofthe lady Takiishet givenby M. Demetrio to themuseum at Athens, thefour figures at theLouvre, and the kneel-ing genius at Cairo cameoriginally from Bubastis,and probably date fromthe years that imme-diately preceded theaccession of Psamme-tichus I. The ladyTakushet is standing,one foot advanced, theright arm pendent, theleft arm folded belowthe breast (fig. 308). Shewears a short robe em-broidered with religioussubjects, and she has bracelets on her arms and head is covered with a wig of short curls arrangedin regular rows. The details of the dress and jewelsare engraved in outline on the bronze inlaid with aline of silver wire. The face is a portrait and indicates. Bronze,statuette ofHorus. 344 THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS. a woman of mature aL;e, while the body, following thetraditions of the Egyptian school, is that of a girl,upright, firm, and supple. There is a large admixtureof gold in the copper, and the soft lustre harmonisesin the happiest manner with the rich ornamentationof the embroidery. The kneelinggenius of Cairo, on the contrary,produces a rough and harsh is adoring the rising sun aswas the bounden duty of the geniiof Heliopolis; he is hawk-headed,his right arm is sharply raised,the left is folded on his whole style is dry and theimpression of harshness is in-creased by the granulated surfaceof the skin, but the movement iscorrect and energetic, and thebirds head is adjusted to thehuman body with consummateskill. The same merits and demeritsdistinguish the Horus of theLouvre (fig. 309). Standing withouts
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