Seated Pharaoh
Artist
Unknown
CultureEgyptian | New Kingdom
DateNew Kingdom, Dynasty 20, ca 1293-1079 B.C. | Modern
MediumGranite
DimensionsOverall: 20 x 5 in. (50.8 x 12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2256
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionStatue of a pharaoh sitting on a cubic throne with low back, his hands on his thighs. He's crowned with the pschent (reunion of the high crown of Upper Egypt and the low one of Lower Egypt) on top of the nemes (stripped cloth headdress falling on his chest). He's wearing a broad necklace and a simple linen skirt, with a bull tail hanging between his legs.;
A back pillar, shaped like an obelisk, rises from the seat to the back of the pschent.;
Exhibition History"Large or Small, Bronze or Wood, Painted or Plain: Problems and Solutions in Sculpture", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, July 9, 1981 - September 13, 1981.
Unknown
Late Dynasty 5-early Dynasty 6, reigns of Unas or Pepy I, 2375-2287 B.C.E.
