ISBN10: 9004123997, ISBN13: 9789004123991, [publisher: Brill. Styx, Leiden] Hardcover First Edition Octavo. xi, (1), 367, (1)pp. including 19 page bibliography. White dust jacket lettered in black, over brown cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with 82 black & white photographic plates. A fine, as new copy. Surprisingly enough, the bronze statuary from ancient Egypt has until now withstood all attempts at a meaningful stylistic and chronological investigation. The author, having studied a subgroup of three hundred bronze kings, offers a range of insights into the complex of influences that bronzes represent, and the ritual role of the statuary. With a full catalogue of the three hundred bronze kings studied and an appendix on the history of the kneeling pose in Egyptian statuary. (Publisher) Contents: The Study of Bronze Statuary -- Cupreous Statuary through the New Kingdom -- Third Intermediate Period -- The Kushite Period -- The Late and Ptolemaic Periods (with a brief note on the Roman Period) -- The Meaning and Role of Royal Bronze Statuary -- Conclusions -- Catalog of Royal Bronzes -- App. 1 The History of the Royal Kneeling Pose with Special Attention to Egyptian Stone Statuary -- App. 2 Provenance Index -- App. 3 Technical Examination of Cat. / by Deborah Schorsch. (OCLC) From the Brill Series: Egyptological Memoirs, Volume: 3.
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Leiden: Brill. Styx, Date: 2004. First edition. Octavo. xi, (1), 367, (1)pp. including 19 page bibliography. White dust jacket lettered in black, over brown cloth lettered in gilt. Illustrated with 82 black & white photographic plates. A fine, as new copy. Surprisingly enough, the bronze statuary from ancient Egypt has until now withstood all attempts at a meaningful stylistic and chronological investigation. The author, having studied a subgroup of three hundred bronze kings, offers a range of insights into the complex of influences that bronzes represent, and the ritual role of the statuary. With a full catalogue of the three hundred bronze kings studied and an appendix on the history of the kneeling pose in Egyptian statuary. (Publisher) Contents: The Study of Bronze Statuary -- Cupreous Statuary through the New Kingdom -- Third Intermediate Period -- The Kushite Period -- The Late and Ptolemaic Periods (with a brief note on the Roman Period) -- The Meaning and Role of Royal Bronze Statuary -- Conclusions -- Catalog of Royal Bronzes -- App. 1 The History of the Royal Kneeling Pose with Special Attention to Egyptian Stone Statuary -- App. 2 Provenance Index -- App. 3 Technical Examination of Cat. / by Deborah Schorsch. (OCLC) From the Brill Series: Egyptological Memoirs, Volume: 3. 2004. Brill. Styx ISBN 9004123997 9789004123991 [US]

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