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Primitive art in Egypt (1905)

Capart, Jean, 1877-1947 · London : H. Grevel · leaf 193

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SCULPTURE AND PAINTING. 169 statuette discovered during the winter of 1902-3 at Abydos, and dating from the first Egyptian dynasty. These are figures of children carved in excellent style, and free from conven- tionality^ (Fig. 132, Nos. I Stand 21, and Fig. 133, No. 2). … dressing (Fig. 15). Fig. 131. -Ivory Figure of a Wom.\n CARRYING A ChiLD. Finall}', to terminate this list Berlin Museum. of female figures, we must mention an interesting statuette in lapis-lazuli, discovered at tlicrakonpolis. The position of the hands, the slender proportions of the body, •…

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