COLLECTION of EGYPTIAN ART

Title/Description

Striding male figure

Material

Sycamore fig/Ficus sycomorus L. (microscopic wood identification: E. Tuzson 2016)

Condition

lost ground layer and paint; traces of black and red pigments (microscopic pigment identification: É. Galambos 2016)

Dimensions

H: 28.3 cm W: 7.6 cm (at shoulders) W: 8.5 (with arms) D: 4.8 cm (head)

Iconography

Posture: standing, left foot advanced
Wig/Hair: short, close-fitting natural coiffure (scull-cup or crapped hair), originally painted black (J. Harvey, Wooden Statues of the Old Kingdom (Egyptological Memoirs 2), Leiden – Boston – Köln 2001, W.3); uncovered ears
Face: facial features are strongly blurred and almost totally gone; traces of the incised contours of the eyes and the mouth are still visible
Body: both arms falling along the torso; both fists closed
Dress: skirt above knee

Function

Funerary statuette of the deceased/Part of the private burial equipment

Date

Late Old Kingdom, end of Dynasty 6

Origin

Unknown

Provenance

Unknown (Transferred to the Museum of Fine Arts before 1951)

Bibliography

Parallels

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1896-1908 E 1881 (Deshasheh; last years of Pepi II at the earliest) (J. Harvey, Wooden Statues of the Old Kingdom (Egyptological Memoirs 2), Leiden – Boston – Köln 2001, B 56)
Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1896-1908 E 1950 (Deshasheh; Dynasty 5) (Harvey 2001, AS 2)
Paris, Louvre, E.32884, 32885, 32886 (M. Étienne (ed.), Les Portes du Ciel. Visions du monde dans l’Égypte ancienne, Paris 2009, cat. 193)
Torino, Museo Egizio, S. 01197 RCGE 16042 (Dynasty 6/Pepi II)
London, Petrie Museum, UC8844 (late Old Kingdom or First Intermediate Period) (J. Harvey, Wooden Statues of the Old Kingdom (Egyptological Memoirs 2), Leiden – Boston – Köln 2001, B11)

Inventory Number

51.1502