Fig. 17S.—Wooden statue in the Louvre. Three feet eight inches high. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. which date from a period anterior to the construction of thegreat Pyramids. That the earliest Egyptian bronzes representing the human ^ Chabas, Siir F Usage des Batons deMain, p. 12. (Lyons, 8vo, 1875 ) … Fig. 179.—Bior.ze statuette. Tuo feet two inches higb. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gaulier. 200 A History of Art in Ancient Euyit. figure are much older than was formerly thought, is proved by twostatuettes belonging to M. Gustave Posno. One of these istwenty-six inches high, the other nineteen. They merit…
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