Four Wooden New Kingdom Female Statuettes in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo

• Authors: El-Tiebi Amr
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The author analyzes four wooden female statuettes from the collection of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. All of them represent nude females and have many features in common. They were rendered in a way that emphasized their sexuality and fertility. Due to the lack of inscriptions their dating and function could be reconstructed only on the basis of analogies.

Keywords

EN

New Kingdom Egypt; nude female; wooden statuettes; Egyptian Museum in Cairo; Eighteenth Dynasty

• Publisher: Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: XXX
• Pages: 251–266

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

El-Tiebi Amr

• Supreme Council of Antiquities, Cairo

References

• Aldred, C. 1951: New Kingdom Art in Ancient Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty 1590 to 1315 B.C., London
• Aldred, C. 1973: Akhenaten and Nefertiti, New York
• Arnold, Do. 1996: An Artistic Revolution: The Early Years of King Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten, [in:] Arnold, Do., Green, L., Allen, J.P., The Royal Women of Amarna: Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt, New York, 17–39
• Arte, L. 1994: La Collezione Egiziana, Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, Rome
• Aufrère, S.H. 1996: Les collections égyptiennes de Toulouse conservées au Musée Georges-Labit, Les Cahiers du Musée Georges-Labit 1, Toulouse
• Bailleul-LeSuer, R. 2013: Bird Motifs in Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts, [in:] Bailleul-LeSuer, R. (Ed.), Between Heaven and Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt, Oriental Institute Museum Publications 35, Chicago, 157–166
• Behrens, P. 1982: Nacktheit, [in:] LÄ 4, 291–294
• Bellasi, P., Sparagni, T. (Eds) 2006: Un diavolo per capello: Dalla sfinge a Warhol Arte Acconciature Società, Milano
• Bénédite, M.G. 1907: Miroirs, Catalogue Géneral des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos 44001–44102, Le Caire
• Bissing, F.W. Freiherr von 1914: Denkmäler ägyptischer Sculptur, München
• Boeser, P.A.A. 1907: Catalogus van het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden: Egyptische afdeeling, Leiden
• Boeser, P.A.A. 1925: Beschrijving van de Egyptische Verzameling XII, Den Haag
• Borchardt, L. 1911: Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft in Tell el-Amarna I: Der Porträtkopf der Königin Teje im Besitz von Dr. James Simon in Berlin, WVDOG 18, Leipzig
• Borchardt 1930: Statuen und Statuetten von Königen und Privatleuten III, Catalogue Géneral des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos 654–950, Berlin
• Boreux, Ch. 1932: Musée National du Louvre: Département des antiquités égyptiennes, Guide-catalogue sommaire II: Salles du Ier étage (Salles Charles X), Paris
• Bresciani, E. 1975: La collezione egizia nel Museo Civico di Bologna, Ravenna
• Capart, J. 1903–1904: Les débuts de l’art en Égypte, Bruxelles
• Cesaretti, M.P. 1990: Pannello a rilievo di Ptahemuia, [in:] Il senso dell’arte nell’antico Egitto, Bologna, Museo Civico Archeologico, 25 marzo –15 luglio, Milan
• Champollion, J.-F. 1827: Notice descriptive des monuments égyptiens du musée Charles X, Paris
• Cooney, J.D. 1959–1960: Curatorial Departments: Department of Ancient Art, The Brooklyn Museum Annals I, 41–43
• Curto, S. 1961: L’Egitto antico nelle collezioni dell’Italia settentrionale, Museo Civico, 31 Ottobre – 3 Dicembre 1961, Bologna
• Curto, S. 1984: L’antico Egitto nel Museo Egizio di Torino, Torino
• Derchain, P. 1975: La perruque et le cristal, SAK 2, 55–74
• Derriks, C. 2001: Les miroirs cariatides égyptiens en bronze: typologie, chronologie et symbolique, MÄS 51, Mainz a/Rhein
• Eaton-Krauß, M. 1976: Spiegel mit figürlichem Griff , [in:] Karig, J.S., Zauzich, K.-T. (Eds), Ägyptische Kunst aus dem Brooklyn Museum, 4. September – 31. Oktober, Berlin, no. 47
• Eaton-Krauss, M. 1982: Earrings, [in:] Freed, R.E. (Ed.), Egypt’s Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558-1085 BC., Catalogue of the Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, February 3 – May 2 1982, Boston, 227
• Fasson, A. 2016: Female statuette, [in:] Giovetti, P., Picchi, D. (Eds), Egypt: Millenary Splendour. The Leiden Collection in Bologna, Milan, 550
• Fay, B. 1992: Egyptian Museum Berlin, Berlin
• Fazzini, R. 1975: Images for Eternity: Egyptian Art from Berkeley and Brooklyn, San Francisco-Brooklyn
• Fechheimer, H. 1922: Kleinplastik der Ägypter, Berlin
• Goelet, O. 1993: Nudity in Ancient Egypt, Source. Notes in the History of Art 12/2, 20–31
• Hamann, R. 1944: Ägyptische Kunst: Wesen und Geschichte, Berlin
• Hawass, Z. 1998: Silent Images: Women in Pharaonic Egypt, Cairo
• Kaiser, W. 1967: Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin
• Kees, H. 1933: Kulturgeschichte des Alten Orients I: Ägypten, HAW 3/1/3, München
• Kessler, D. 2009: The Political History of the Eighteenth to Twentieth Dynasties, [in:] Schulz, R., Seidel, M. (Eds), Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs, Cairo, 142–151
• Kminek-Szedlo, G. 1895: Museo Civico di Bologna: Catalogo di Antichità Egizie, Torino
• Kozloff , A.P. 1984: Mirror, Mirror, BCMA 71/8, 271–276
• Kozloff , A.P., Bryan, B.M., Berman, L.M. 1992: Egypt’s Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World, Cleveland
• Lilyquist, C. 1982: Mirror with Nubian figure, [in:] Egypt’s Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558-1085 BC., Catalogue of the Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, February 3 – May 2 1982, Boston, 187–188
• Malek, J. 2003: Egypt: 4000 Years of Art, London-New York
• Maspero, G. 1897: Histoire ancienne des peuples de l’Orient classique II: Les premières mélées des peuples, Paris
• Maspero, G. 1912a: Essais sur l’art égyptien, Paris
• Maspero, G. 1912b: Histoire générale de l’art: Égypte, Paris
• Maspero, G. 1913: Egyptian Art, London
• Michalowski, K. 1969: Art of Ancient Egypt, New York
• Morigi Govi, C., Vitali, D. (Eds) 1982: Il Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, Bologna
• Müller, C. 1984: Spiegel, [in:] LÄ V, 1147–1150
• Müller, H.W. 1970: Ägyptische Kunst, Frankfurt a/Main
• Page, A. 1976: Egyptian Sculpture: Archaic to Saite, from the Petrie Collection, Warminster
• Pernigotti, S. (Ed.) 1994: La collezione egiziana, Museo Civico Archeologico di Bologna, Bologna
• Peterson, B. 1987: Egyptian Symbols of Love, MedMus-Bull 22, 23–27
• Picchi, D. (Ed.) 2016: Mirror handle in the shape of a girl with earrings, [in:] Giovetti, P., Picchi, D. (Eds), Egypt: Millenary Splendour. The Leiden Collection in Bologna, Milan, 548
• Robins, G. 1993: The representation of sexual characteristics in Amarna art, JSSEA XXIII, 29–41
• Robins, G. 1996: Dress, undress, and the representation of fertility and potency in New Kingdom Egyptian art, [in:] Kampen, N.B. (Ed.), Sexuality in ancient art: Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Italy, Cambridge-New York, 27–40
• Robins, G. 1999: Hair and the Construction of Identity in Ancient Egypt, c. 1480–1350 B.C., JARCE XXXVI, 55–69
• Schäfer, H. 1923: Kunstwerke aus El-Amarna: Meisterwerke in Berlin, Berlin
• Schäfer, H. 1931: Amarna in Religion und Kunst, Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, Sendschriften 7, Leipzig
• Schäfer, H. 1932: Das Simonsche Holzköpfchen der Königin Teje, ZÄS 68, 81–86
• Settgast, J. 1976: Königin Teye, [in:] Nofretete – Echnaton – Tutanchamun, Mainz a/Rhein
• Seyfried, F. 2012: In the Light of Amarna: 100 Years of the Nefertiti Discovery, Berlin
• Silverman, D.P. 2002: Mirror Handle, [in:] Ziegler, C. (Ed.), The Pharaohs, Milan, 446
• Simpson, W.K. 1977: The Face of Egypt: Permanence and Change in Egyptian Art, New York
• Smith, W.S. 1960: Ancient Egypt as Represented in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Steindorff , G. 1926: Die Blütezeit des Pharaonenreichs, Monographien zur Weltgeschichte 10, Bielefeld-Leipzig
• Terrace, E.L.B. 1968: The Age of Empire and Rebellion: The New Kingdom in Boston, Connoisseur 169/679, 49–56
• Tiradritti, F. 2007: Ancient Egypt: Art, architecture and history, Milan
• Vandier, J. 1941: La statue N. 608 du Musée Saint-Raymond de Toulouse, [in:] Miscellanea Gregoriana: raccolta di scritti, pubblicati nel I centenario, dalla fondazione del Pont. Museo egizio (1839-1939), Monumenti Musei e Gallerie Pontificie, Monumenti Vaticani di Archeologia e d’Arte 6, Vatican, 363–369
• Vandier, J. 1958: Manuel d’archéologie égyptienne III: Les grandes époques. La statuaire, Paris
• Vandier, J. 1972: Catalogue des objets de toilette égyptiens, Paris
• Wenig, S. 1969: The Woman in Egyptian Art, Leipzig
• Wildung, D. 1998: Egyptian Art in Berlin: Masterpieces in the Bodemuseum and in Charlottenburg, Berlin
• Wildung, D. 1999: Queen Tiye wearing a Hathor headdress, [in:] Freed, R.E., Markowitz, Y.J., D’Auria, S.H. (Eds), Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten – Nefertiti – Tutankhamen, Boston, 215
• Wildung, D., Schoske, S. (Eds) 1984: Nofret – Die Schöne: Die Frau im Alten Ägypten, Mainz a/Rhein

Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/EtudTrav.30.012