id: 94112 accession number: 1914.661 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.661 updated: 2023-02-04 20:09:43.243000 Block Statue of Djedbastetiufankh, c. 664–610 BC. Egypt, Late Period, late Dynasty 25 to early Dynasty 26. Limestone; overall: 26.1 x 14 x 19.2 cm (10 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.661 title: Block Statue of Djedbastetiufankh title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 664–610 BC creation date earliest: -664 creation date latest: -610 current location: 107 Egyptian creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Late Period, late Dynasty 25 to early Dynasty 26 technique: limestone department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - Late Period type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 26.1 x 14 x 19.2 cm (10 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 7 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of the Month: Egypt opening date: 1952-10-03T05:00:00 Exhibition of the Month: Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 3-December 28, 1952). title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00 Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1916, no. 84, p. 213, pl. 339; Cleveland 1975, no. 11 --- PROVENANCE Probably Herakleopolis Magna. Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: There are two basic types of Egyptian statues: tomb statues and temple statues. The Bust of Ankh-Hor and the Block Statue of Djedbastetiufankh in this case are temple statues. The compact form of the block statue appealed to Egyptian sculptors because it was virtually unbreakable. It represents the subject squatting on the ground, arms crossed over his knees. His long, enveloping mantle is contoured to his body shape, so that it resembles a cube. From the position of the arms, it is evident that the Bust of Ankh-Hor originally belonged to a striding figure holding a naos, or shrine, containing the image of a deity. His high.waisted wraparound robe, fashionable during the Persian Period (Dynasty 27) when this figure was carved, would have reached to his ankles. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 420-1 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.661/1914.661_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.661/1914.661_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.661/1914.661_full.tif