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Statue of a Priest, Possibly the Priest of Min, Yuya, Father of Queen Tiy, Egyptian, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Reign of Amenhotep III, 1391-1353 B.C.

Exhibited by Colnaghi

Material Brown quartzite

Dimensions 34.9 x 21 x 21.6 cm

Status Not Vetted

About the Work

An elegantly coiffed and dressed gentleman crouches with his knees drawn up to his chest and his arms folded over his knees. The cubic shape of such sculptures has earned them the name "block statue." Our subject wears a cheetah skin draped over his back, its paws and mask reaching over his shoulders and in front of his chest. It is secured at the right side of his torso with a tie.

In his left fist he holds a stalk discussed in detail below. Along plain skirt is belted at his waist and pulled over his knees covering his lower legs to the ankle. The front of the skirt has a long triangular pleat against which rests an elaborate attribute of the man's office. This is an item Egyptologists call a "sporran" after the Scottish item worn on the front of men's kilts. None have survived from antiquity, but judging from their representation on statuary they comprised a series of elements, likely in gold and semi-precious stone and faience, which hung from a belt at the waist to below the knees.

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Colnaghi Statue of a Priest, Possibly the Priest of Min, Yuya, Father of Queen Tiy, Egyptian, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Reign of Amenhotep III, 1391-1353 B.C.