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Nude Female Figure

Egyptian (Artist)
2040-1786 BCE (Middle Kingdom)
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(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

This standing female figure has high breasts, a long torso, and very large hands with fingers marked by grooves. There is an indentation at the navel and at the top of the buttocks, and there are traces of gold leaf on the upper right leg, left breast, and right arm. The head and feet are missing.

Provenance
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Grand Duke Nicolas Michaelovitch Collection, St. Petersburg [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

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Egypt (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 1 9/16 x W: 3/8 x D: 1/8 in. (3.98 x 0.9 x 0.25 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1930

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

71.35

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