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Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Block Statue of Djedbastetiufankh

Block Statue of Djedbastetiufankh

c. 664–610 BCE
Overall: 26.1 x 14 x 19.2 cm (10 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.)
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

There are two basic types of Egyptian statues: tomb statues and temple statues. The Bust of Ankh-Hor and the Block Statue of Djedbastetiufankh in this case are temple statues. The compact form of the block statue appealed to Egyptian sculptors because it was virtually unbreakable. It represents the subject squatting on the ground, arms crossed over his knees. His long, enveloping mantle is contoured to his body shape, so that it resembles a cube. From the position of the arms, it is evident that the Bust of Ankh-Hor originally belonged to a striding figure holding a naos, or shrine, containing the image of a deity. His high.waisted wraparound robe, fashionable during the Persian Period (Dynasty 27) when this figure was carved, would have reached to his ankles.
  • Probably Herakleopolis Magna. Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
  • Bothmer, Bernard V., Madeleine E. Cody, Paul Edmund Stanwick, and Marsha Hill. Egyptian Art: Selected Writings of Bernard V. Bothmer. 2004. pp. 267, fig.16.23.
    Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 420-1
  • Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
    Exhibition of the Month: Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 3-December 28, 1952).
    CMA 1916, no. 84, p. 213, pl. 339; Cleveland 1975, no. 11
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