he Ancient Empire. Theair of this little personage is so proud and dignified that he mightwell be a reduction from a colossus. What we call btisfs, that is, figures which consist of nothingbut the head and the upper part of the trunk, were not unknownto the Egyptians. All the descriptions mention… … Fig. 234,—Wooden statuette belonging toM. Delaroche-Vernet. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. 28o A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. the harder kinds. Wood \vas used for life-size figures andstatuettes, particularly the latter. Terra-cotta coated with enamelwas hardly used for anything but very small…
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