Incomplete figure in draped costume

Unknown

4th century B.C. · Limestone · Egyptian Art

This enigmatic piece has not yet been fully explained. It was probably a sculptor's model: it lacks a back pillar, no head or feet were intended, and the arms were treated in a rudimentary fashion. The artist's interest appears to have been in the garment rather than the body beneath. This may be the earliest three-dimensional version of a costume that became popular in the Ptolemaic Period.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 4th century B.C.
Medium: Limestone
Department: Egyptian Art
Credit line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989

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