id: 94011 accession number: 1914.582 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.582 updated: 2022-01-04 14:34:36.712000 Shawabty of Pinudjem I, High Priest of Amen and King, c. 990-969 BC. Egypt, Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, early Dynasty 21. Bright blue faience with purple details; overall: 11 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm (4 5/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.582 title: Shawabty of Pinudjem I, High Priest of Amen and King title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 990-969 BC creation date earliest: -990 creation date latest: -969 current location: 107 Egyptian creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, early Dynasty 21 technique: bright blue faience with purple details department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - Third Intermediate type: Funerary Equipment find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 11 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm (4 5/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience opening date: 1998-05-10T00:00:00 Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience. The Cleveland Museum of Art (May 10-July 5, 1998); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (August 25, 1998-January 3, 1999). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1916, no. 33, pp. 207-208
The Cleveland Museum of Art (5/10/98 - 7/5/98); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (8/25/98 - 1/3/99). "Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience," not in exh. cat. --- PROVENANCE Presumably Deir el-Bahri (TT 320). Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: This small mummiform funerary figurine was a surrogate for the deceased that performed menial tasks for its owner in the afterlife. Mold-made and decorated with paint, this shawabty contains the name of a king within a cartouche. The vibrant blue color occurs during the firing process as a chemical reaction with the pigments in the faience paste, in this case added copper. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 page number: Reproduced: p. 354, Color p. 62; Mentioned: p. 354 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.582/1914.582_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.582/1914.582_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.582/1914.582_full.tif