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A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited · leaf 234

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wifestanding erect in front of a slab ; the relation which they bear toeach other is here also indicated by the position of the womans ScuLrxuRE UNDER THE Ancient Empire. 20-; arms (Fig. i88).^ Sometimes the woman is altogether absent(Fig. 89, Vol. I.). The head of the family is placed by himself,… … Fig. iSj.—Limestone group in the Louvre. Height twenty-eight inches. Dr.iwn by S;iint-Eline Gauier. over the right ear, which, like the finger in the mouth, is a sign oftender years. He is nude ; the girl is dressed in an ornamental robereaching to her ankles. There is a piquant contrast between…

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