Sculptor's trial piece with standing quail chick

Sculptor's trial piece with standing quail chick

On a small rectangular slab of limestone, a standing quail chick is depicted in high relief. The object has broken into several pieces, the lower part with the feet is missing. The modelling and the execution of the relief are very fine.
The object could be a votive plaque, but, as this bird is a very common hieroglyph (Gardiner G43), it is more likely to be a sculptor's trial piece or model.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM
Inventory number APM 8792
Dating LATE PERIOD
Archaeological Site UNKNOWN
Category RELIEF
Material LIMESTONE
Technique HIGH RELIEF
Height 13.9 cm
Width 11 cm
Depth 0.7 cm



Bibliography•onbekend (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam), Antieke voorwerpen uit Egypte en Voor-Azië (tentoonstellingscatalogus), 1931, 50 (nr. 317)
•J. Capart, Les poussins au tombeau de Ti, CdE 31 (1941), 208-212: 209 (fig. 2)
•J.M.A. Janssen, Egyptische oudheden, verzameld door W.A. van LLeer, MVEOL 12 (1957), 14/pl. 2 (nr. 4)
•diversen (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam), Uit de schatkamers der oudheid (tentoonstellingscatalogus), 1938, 72 (nr. 212)
•W.M. van Haarlem (ed.), CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. III, 1995, 39-40


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