Egyptian Art

First published in 2005. Gaston Maspero, the leading expert on Egyptian art, writes here with authority and style on a very significant aspect of ancient Egypt. By compiling and publishing this volume, he sought to familiarise the general public with some of the finest examples of ancient Egyptian art, and to enhance their appreciation of these treasures. Many of the pieces described herein were examined by the author in museums around the world. Others he caught as they emerged from the ground, moments after their discovery.

I Egyptian Statuary and its Schools II Some Portraits of Mycerinus III A scribes’ Head of the IVth or Vth Dynasty IV Skhemka , his Wife and Son : a Group found at Memphis .V The Crouching Scribe: Vth Dynasty VI The New scribe of the Gizeh Museum VII The Kneeling scribe Vth Dynasty VIII Pehournowri : Statuette in painted limestone found at Memphis IX The Dwabf Khnoumhotpou: Vth or VIth Dynasty X The“ Favissa ” of Kabnak, and the Theban School of Sculpture XI The Cow of DeIrel -Bahari XII The Statuette of Amenofhis IV, XIII Four Canofic Heads pound in the Valley of the Kings XIV A Head of the Phabaoh Habmhabi XV The Colossus of Ramses II at Bedrechein XVI Egyptian Jewellery in the Louvre XVII The Treasure of Zagazig XVIII Thbee Statuettes in Wood XIX A Fragment of the Theban Statuette XX The lady of Toui of the Louvre and Egyptian industrial sculpture wood XXI Some Perfume ladies of the XVIIIth Dynasty XXII Sone green basalt statuettes of the Saite period XXIII A Find of a Saite Jewel at Saqqarah XXIV A bronze Egyptian Cat belonging to M. Barrere XXV A find of Cats in Egypt