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NEW YORK CITY 2004-2005
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The face of an Egyptian queen, possibly Nefertiti, Tiye, or Kiya. <br> <br>ca. 1353–1336 B.C.; New Kingdom, Amarna Period <br>Egyptian; Amarna possibly; Middle Egypt <br>Yellow jasper; H. 13 cm (5 1/8 in); w. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in); d. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in) <br>Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 (26.7.1396) <br> <br>This extraordinary fragment, polished to a mirrorlike finish, probably belonged to a composite statue in which only the exposed parts of the body were made of jasper. In Egyptian artistic convention, the color yellow usually indicates a woman, and the scale and superb quality of the work implies that it represents a queen. The back of the piece shows remains of the mortise that fitted into a tenon extending from the statue's body, which may have been made of Egyptian alabaster to represent a white garment. <br> <br> <br>Two headdresses might have fit this head, one of which is the so-called Nubian wig (like the one on a canopic jar lid in the Museum, Highlight #30), often worn by the women of Akhenaten's family. The royal woman represented here cannot be securely identified. It is difficult to imagine that Akhenaten's already aged mother, Queen Tiye—highly respected as a wise woman at Amarna—was shown as a beauty of such sensuous character. His principal queen, Nefertiti, and his secondary queen, Kiya, however, are both possible subjects. <br>NYC Spring, 2005
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Spring 2005
   



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