Archeological Object
Female statuette |
Female statuette
Nude female figure with a heavy wig and a necklace. The left arm is stretched along the body, the right is folded on his chest might have been painted a lotus flower "held by hand close to hand." In this kind of statuettes is emphasized in this case sex with incisions made in a triangle to emphasize the reference to fertility and the rebirth of the deceased, often in the past these statues have been called "concubines of the deceased," but although we can not exclude this symbolic role, it must be said that probably a reference to the idea of the life side as there are traces of their existence even within the women's outfits.Nude female figure with a heavy wig and a necklace. The left arm is stretched along the body, the right is folded on his chest might have been painted a lotus flower "held by hand close to hand." In this kind of statuettes is emphasized in this case sex with incisions made in a triangle to emphasize the reference to fertility and the rebirth of the deceased, often in the past these statues have been called "concubines of the deceased," but although we can not exclude this symbolic role, it must be said that probably a reference to the idea of the life side as there are traces of their existence even within the women's outfits.
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Identificazione (Label is not translated) | ||
Inventory number: | E 1983.68.001 | |
Precedenti_localizzazioni (Label is not translated) | ||
Provenance: | Purchased by Laila Ghellero 1983 | |
Place of discovery | ||
Place of discovery: |
Unknown |
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Object | ||
Definizione: | Female statuette | |
Class and ware: | Funerary furnishings | |
Title or subject: |
Female statuette |
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Cronologia (Label is not translated) | ||
Period: | New Kingdom | |
Dati_tecnici (Label is not translated) | ||
Material: | Terracotta | |
Height: | 12 | |
Bibliography | ||
Bibliography: |
1991, Tiradritti F. in “Egitto a Milano nuove acquisizioni e restauri”, Milano |
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