Statue

Museum number:
6-19802
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Seated statue of a woman, Lady Isran. She is seated with a thin back pillar, her skin is painted yellow and the base is painted black. She wears a shoulder length wig with twisted curls, a sheath dress with a red band near the hem, a broadcollar, bracelets, and anklets. Drop beads in turquoise paint remains in a few places along the bottom of the broadcollar. Her title and name run vertically on the chair base: mitrt isrAn, "the palace employee, Isran.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 1402, Cemetery 1400, Giza Necropolis
Verbatim coll. place:
Gizeh; C 1000 T 402 [Giza, G 1402 in pit]
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1903-1904
Materials:
Limestone
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Statues
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
height 41 centimeters and width 14.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1979-1980 #54: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (March 31, 1980–December 18, 1981), S1987-1988 #44: SFO Museum (June 23, 1988–August 25, 1988), S1988-1989 #7: SFO Museum (August 25, 1988–January 23, 1989), S1989-1990 #17: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (March 13, 1990–May 13, 1990), and S1995-1996 #8: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (October 1, 1995–November 1, 1996)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Statue, accession number 6-19802, described as Seated statue of a woman, Lady Isran. She is seated with a thin back pillar, her skin is painted yellow and the base is painted black. She wears a shoulder length wig with twisted curls, a sheath dress with a red band near the hem, a broadcollar, bracelets, and anklets. Drop beads in turquoise paint remains in a few places along the bottom of the broadcollar. Her title and name run vertically on the chair base: mitrt isrAn, "the palace employee, Isran.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Statue, accession number 6-19802, described as Seated statue of a woman, Lady Isran. She is seated with a thin back pillar, her skin is painted yellow and the base is painted black. She wears a shoulder length wig with twisted curls, a sheath dress with a red band near the hem, a broadcollar, bracelets, and anklets. Drop beads in turquoise paint remains in a few places along the bottom of the broadcollar. Her title and name run vertically on the chair base: mitrt isrAn, "the palace employee, Isran.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Statue, accession number 6-19802, described as Seated statue of a woman, Lady Isran. She is seated with a thin back pillar, her skin is painted yellow and the base is painted black. She wears a shoulder length wig with twisted curls, a sheath dress with a red band near the hem, a broadcollar, bracelets, and anklets. Drop beads in turquoise paint remains in a few places along the bottom of the broadcollar. Her title and name run vertically on the chair base: mitrt isrAn, "the palace employee, Isran.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Statue, accession number 6-19802, described as Seated statue of a woman, Lady Isran. She is seated with a thin back pillar, her skin is painted yellow and the base is painted black. She wears a shoulder length wig with twisted curls, a sheath dress with a red band near the hem, a broadcollar, bracelets, and anklets. Drop beads in turquoise paint remains in a few places along the bottom of the broadcollar. Her title and name run vertically on the chair base: mitrt isrAn, "the palace employee, Isran.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Statue, accession number 6-19802, described as Seated statue of a woman, Lady Isran. She is seated with a thin back pillar, her skin is painted yellow and the base is painted black. She wears a shoulder length wig with twisted curls, a sheath dress with a red band near the hem, a broadcollar, bracelets, and anklets. Drop beads in turquoise paint remains in a few places along the bottom of the broadcollar. Her title and name run vertically on the chair base: mitrt isrAn, "the palace employee, Isran.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statue, accession number 6-19802, described as Seated statue of a woman, Lady Isran. She is seated with a thin back pillar, her skin is painted yellow and the base is painted black. She wears a shoulder length wig with twisted curls, a sheath dress with a red band near the hem, a broadcollar, bracelets, and anklets. Drop beads in turquoise paint remains in a few places along the bottom of the broadcollar. Her title and name run vertically on the chair base: mitrt isrAn, "the palace employee, Isran.

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