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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 4458583, member: 1476"]The figure evokes Egypt but his posture with its elongation and curves isn't what one would expect. More typical of Asia. Indonesian carvings have been widely available in the West since the 1990s. Here's a Classical Egyptian figure from the Brooklyn Museum for comparison. See how tightly controlled and static his posture is? </p><p><br /></p><p>Debora</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]384433[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 4458583, member: 1476"]The figure evokes Egypt but his posture with its elongation and curves isn't what one would expect. More typical of Asia. Indonesian carvings have been widely available in the West since the 1990s. Here's a Classical Egyptian figure from the Brooklyn Museum for comparison. See how tightly controlled and static his posture is? Debora [ATTACH=full]384433[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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