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Show Small Statue 3000 Years Old Brings Fortune Carving xf AmenemmesIII. In Pure Obsidian Declared thft Finest Egyptian Statu- ' V. ary in .Wortd ' ' " LONDON. July IS. '(By U. P. Mall.) What la described aa tha "flneat expression of Egyptian Statuary art In tha world" baa been sold at Both. by' auction rooms for'lO.OO pounda it la tb head of Amenemmea III, an Egyptian king who lived about B. C. ooo. It la cut In obaldlan. which la said to be one of tha hardest atone on which an artist can work. - It measure four and seven-eighths Inches from tha top of the head to the chin, but Profesaor Percy K Uew-barry. Uew-barry. tha Egyptologist hsa pronounced It " a masterpiece that haa not been aurpaaaed by any aeulptor of any coun-try coun-try or age." |