Seated Statue of Nykara

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

Seated Statue of Nykara

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2408–2377 BCE

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

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund