Copper Statues Pepy I and his son Merenre

Copper Statues Pepy I and his son Merenre
Plausibly the most famous copper artifacts from the Old Kingdom are the huge copper  statue of King Pepy I (sixth Dynasty) and the much earlier statue of his son Merenre, both  turned up by James Quibell at Hierakonpolis, along with the signal gold image of  the god Horus. The statues were made by hammer plates of copper over a woody  core. They were found in a poor state of saving and have never taken proper care  or scholarly care. Large-scale metal statues from the Middle and New Kingdoms are  quite great, as hard stone had become the desired medium.

Grave in metal has been little kept from early periods in Egyptian history and  as a lead we know little about its manufacture. Copper statues of King Pepy I and his son Merenre from the sixth Dynasty present that metal sculpture existed. These examples,  at  least,  were  formed  over  a  awkward  core  rather  than  being  projected.  From the Third Intermediate Period on there is considerable manifest  for  the  process  of  lost  wax  casting in the thousands of close images of deities and sacred animals which abound. 

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