Terracotta head of Akhenaten
This
small terracotta head of Akhenaten exhibits all the characteristics of
Amarna art. The viewer should observe the very typical face with the
elongated veiled eyes, high cheekbones, fleshy mouth, and rounded
elongated chin. The only unusual feature is the band around the edge of
the face: does it represent the ends of a curly wig or is it a very
simplified stylised version of the frizzy hair of the subject? This
miniature masterpiece seems a much more personal and subtle object than
the output of most of sculptural trial pieces and models which have come
from the site of El-`Amarna.
Present location KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS
Inventory number E.6368
Dating AMENHOTEP IV/AMENOPHIS IV/NEFERKHEPERURE/AKHENATEN
Archaeological Site EL-`AMARNA/AKHETATEN ?
Category FIGURINE/STATUETTE
Material POTTERY
Technique FORMED BY HAND
Height 5 cm
Bibliography
(M. Werbrouck,) Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles. Département égyptien, Album, Bruxelles 1934, pl. 19
Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis te Brussel. Oudheid,
het Verre Oosten, Volkenkunde - Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire.
Antiquités, Extrême-Orient, Ethnographie, Bruxelles 1958, Égypte nº 17
Onder de Zon van Amarna. Echnaton en Nefertiti - Le règne du soleil.
Akhnaton et Néfertiti (Exposition), Bruxelles 1975, 150 ° 76
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