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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 335

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tal, but his instrumentsare identical with those shown in the tomb of Ti. From the fifthdynasty to the time of the Rameses, the same bronze chisel andpear-shaped mallet had held their own.^ Two paintings at Thebes show us the process of executing aroyal colossus in granite (Figs. 252 and 2,53).… … Fig. 250.—Bas-relief from the tomb of Ti. workman is busy polishing the front of the pschent; anotherstands behind the image, and, holding liis palette in one hand andhis brush in the other, spreads his colours upon its posteriorsupport. It may be asked what the man is doing who is engagedwith both…

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