id:			94003
accession number:	1914.575
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.575
updated:		2022-01-04 14:34:35.360000

Statuette of Kneeling King, 304-30 BC. Egypt, Greco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Dynasty. Bronze, solid cast; overall: 4.2 x 5.5 cm (1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); with tang: 12.7 cm (5 in.); without tang: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.575

title:				Statuette of Kneeling King
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creation date:			304-30 BC
creation date earliest:		-305
creation date latest:		30
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Greco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Dynasty
technique:	bronze, solid cast
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 4.2 x 5.5 cm (1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); with tang: 12.7 cm (5 in.); without tang: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Khawam Brothers, Cairo, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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As the chief intermediary between gods and men, the Egyptian king is often shown kneeling in adoration. Enough remains of this king's arms to indicate that his hands may have held offering jars or were extended with the palms facing each other around a naos, or shrine, containing a divine image. In Egypt, adoration required a divine recipient. This example was undoubtedly part of a group composition in which the king faced a larger figure of a god.
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CITATIONS

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 458; Mentioned: p. 458-9
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