Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 94
they haveno great artistic merit. Egypt produces littlewood fit for carving, and that which was boughtin Syria or Caramania, pine, cedar, and cypress,arrived in beams and blocks too small to servefor the carving of a life-size figure. A trunk,a head, and sometimes legs were obtainable, butthe arms,… … FIG^. 138.—THELADY NASI (The Louvre, Paris).(Phot. Bouriant). ART IN EGYPT
Art -- Egypt · Egypt -- Antiquities
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