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196 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. person in whose tomb it was found. It is of wood, and, with the exception of its lower members, is in marvellous preservation. The eyes are similar to those of the scribe, and seem to be fixed upon the spectator while their owner advances upon him. The type is very different from those we have hitherto been describing. The face is round and fiat, and so is the trunk. Fig. 177. — Limestone head, in the Louvre. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. The smiling good humour of the expression and the embonpoint of the person indicate a man well nourished and comfortably off, a man content both with himself and his neighbours.^ ^ Another wooden statue of equal merit as a work of art was found in the same tomb. It represents a woman, standing. Unfortunately there is nothing left of it but the head and the torso. Notice des principatix Moniunents du Musee de Boulak, No. 493.