THUTMOSE,Nefertiti,Egypt,1353-1335 B.C

• Nefertiti exhibits a similar expression of entranced musing and an almost mannered sensitivity and delicacy of curving contour.
• It is painted limestone,approx;1'8" high. The left eye of socket still lacks the inlaid eye ball.
• With this bust ,Thutmose may have been alluding to a heavy flower on its slender stalk by exaggerating the weight of the crowned head and the length of the almost serpentine neck.
• Nefertiti means "The Beautiful One Is Here ".Readers might think of those modern descendants of Nefertiti,model in fashion magazines,with their gaunt,swaying frames;mask like faces;and enormous shadowed eyes.