id:			94055
accession number:	1914.612
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updated:		2023-08-23 17:57:36.262000

Pomegranate Vase, 1479–1425 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (1540-1295 BC), reign of Tuthmosis III or later. Blue vitreous faience; diameter: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.); diameter of mouth: 1 cm (3/8 in.); overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.612

title:				Pomegranate Vase
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creation date:			1479–1425 BC
creation date earliest:		-1479
creation date latest:		-1425
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (1540-1295 BC), reign of Tuthmosis III or later
technique:	blue vitreous faience
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - New Kingdom
type:		Vessels
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measurements: Diameter: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.); Diameter of mouth: 1 cm (3/8 in.); Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Untitled Exhibition
	opening date:   1973-08-13T04:00:00
	<i>Untitled Exhibition</i>. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 13-November 9, 1973).

	title:		Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience
	opening date:   1998-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 10-July 5, 1998); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (August 25, 1998-January 3, 1999).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Inaugural Exhibition, </em>The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 6-Spetmber 20, 1916).

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1914-
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fun fact:
The small size of the flask, together with its narrow opening, suggests that it originally contained a small amount of precious liquid, perhaps an ancient perfume or an offering of pomegranate wine.

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wall description:
This small, round-bottomed flask takes the shape of a pomegranate. The serrated petals or calyxes that trim the top mimic the turned-back outer husk that is characteristic of this fruit. The flask's aperture is small. Not native to Egypt, the pomegranate (<em>Punica granatum</em>) was introduced from western Asia or Cyprus in the first half of Dynasty 18, probably between the reigns of Amenhotep I and Tuthmosis III. The fruit's novelty, as well as its shape, most likely accounts for its tremendous popularity as a deluxe vessel form at this time. Perhaps best known in Egypt and abroad in the materials of faience and glass, the type also occurs in metal, wood, and stone.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art.<em> Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition June 6-September 20, 1916. </em>Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916.
	page number: 	no. 121, p. 217
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	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. 281; Mentioned: p. 281-282
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