Description
This statue inscribed on the base for the chief of the granary, Nykara, comes from the same tomb as the false door. A statue of granite was an expensive commodity. Monumental red granite was quarried at Aswan in the south of Egypt and had to be shipped more than five hundred miles downstream to Nykara's tomb in the area of Memphis.
Provenance
Probably Saqqara. Khawam Brothers, Paris (1932-35); Fahim Kouchakji, New York (1951). Purchased from Vincent Diniacopoulos, Montreal
Accession Number
1964.90
Medium
red granite and pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 53.4 x 20.5 x 28 cm (21 x 8 1/16 x 11 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund