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Could it be a scan of a $39[1] or a $2,990[2] replica? 1: https://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/nefertiti-small-sculpture.html https://www.ancientsculpturega

Could it be a scan of a $39[1] or a $2,990[2] replica? 1: https://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/nefertiti-small-sculpture.html https://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/nefertiti-small-scul... 2: https://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/egyptian-queen-nefertiti-bust-sculpture-identical-museum-reproduction.html https://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/egyptian-queen-nefer...

inanutshellus 11y ago
They mention that as a possibility in the article.
Ono-Sendai 11y ago
Nope, both of those are different from the scanned data. I can upload some demonstration images if people are interested. Edit: render from artist's data, with crevice circled: https://www.dropbox.com/s/klu2yhupawg7bqf/right%20ear%20closeup_marked.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/klu2yhupawg7bqf/right%20ear%20clos... compare with right ear from first image from https://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/egyptian-queen-nefertiti-bust-sculpture-identical-museum-reproduction.html https://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/egyptian-queen-nefer... Regarding the first link, the smaller stone statue is completely different, note that the left ear is complete as opposed to the real thing.
- notlisted 11y ago
  Isn't it more likely that they scanned one of these (in the comfort of their own home/studio)? http://forum.david-3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=32781 http://forum.david-3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=32781 (edit:ignore the scanning method outlined here, low resolution, focus on the source statue) In another article, a scanning professional mentioned a laser scan of that same bust was created in 2000/2001 http://3dprintingindustry.com/2016/02/26/3d-scanned-nefertiti-real-fake-or-real-fake/ http://3dprintingindustry.com/2016/02/26/3d-scanned-nefertit... PS The statue in link 1 does show the ear crevice. Crop from link [1] to save you the click: http://i.imgur.com/oUiAl24.png http://i.imgur.com/oUiAl24.png
  - Ono-Sendai 11y ago
    That does seem quite plausible, more plausible than a hack/leak of the museum's data itself IMO.

inanutshellus 11y ago

They mention that as a possibility in the article.

Ono-Sendai 11y ago

Nope, both of those are different from the scanned data. I can upload some demonstration images if people are interested. Edit: render from artist's data, with crevice circled: https://www.dropbox.com/s/klu2yhupawg7bqf/right%20ear%20closeup_marked.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/klu2yhupawg7bqf/right%20ear%20clos... compare with right ear from first image from https://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/egyptian-queen-nefertiti-bust-sculpture-identical-museum-reproduction.html https://www.ancientsculpturegallery.com/egyptian-queen-nefer... Regarding the first link, the smaller stone statue is completely different, note that the left ear is complete as opposed to the real thing.

notlisted 11y ago
Isn't it more likely that they scanned one of these (in the comfort of their own home/studio)? http://forum.david-3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=32781 http://forum.david-3d.com/viewtopic.php?p=32781 (edit:ignore the scanning method outlined here, low resolution, focus on the source statue) In another article, a scanning professional mentioned a laser scan of that same bust was created in 2000/2001 http://3dprintingindustry.com/2016/02/26/3d-scanned-nefertiti-real-fake-or-real-fake/ http://3dprintingindustry.com/2016/02/26/3d-scanned-nefertit... PS The statue in link 1 does show the ear crevice. Crop from link [1] to save you the click: http://i.imgur.com/oUiAl24.png http://i.imgur.com/oUiAl24.png
- Ono-Sendai 11y ago
  That does seem quite plausible, more plausible than a hack/leak of the museum's data itself IMO.