Catalogue of the Collection of Casts Author:Metropolitan Museum of Art General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1908 Original Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art Subjects: Sculpture Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to... more » Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: EGYPTIAN ART (IN GALLERY l8) I, 2, 3 WOODEN PANELS, in low relief, from the tombof Hesy, at Sakkara. Ill dynasty. In the Cairo Museum. Maspero, Guide to the Cairo Museum, 1906, p. 445. 4 WOODEN STATUE of an official, popularly known as the Sheikh El Beled. The eyes are inlaid, and are of opaque white quartz surrounded by a rim of bronze to represent the lid. The iris in each case is of transparent rock crystal. IV dynasty. Found by Mariette in a mastaba-tomb at Sakkara. Now in the Cairo Museum. Restorations: The right foot and the left leg entire. Maspero, Guide to the Cairo Museum, 1906, p. 39. 5 SIDE OF THE SARCOPHAGUS OF KHUFU-ANKH. IV dynasty. Of red granite. In the Cairo Museum. Perrot« less