id: 94068
accession number: 1914.620
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Vessel in the Form of an Ostrich Egg, c. 1540–1296 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18. Travertine; diameter: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); diameter of mouth: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.620
title: Vessel in the Form of an Ostrich Egg
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creation date: c. 1540–1296 BCE
creation date earliest: -1540
creation date latest: -1296
current location: 107 Egyptian
creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture: Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18
technique: travertine
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Egypt - New Kingdom
type: Vessels
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measurements: Diameter: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); Diameter of mouth: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); Overall: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World
opening date: 1992-07-01T04:00:00
Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 1-September 27, 1992); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (October 24, 1992-January 31, 1993); Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 2-May 31, 1993).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'CMA 1916, no. 54, p. 210, pl. 339; CMA/Fort Worth/Paris 1992-93, no. 113 (entry by Arielle P. Kozloff)', 'opening_date': '1916-01-01T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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CITATIONS
Kozloff, Arielle P. Egypt’s Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and his world. Cleveland : Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1992.
page number: Reproduced: cat. 113, p. 412
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Bohač, Ken. “When Is a Stone Just a Stone: Two New Kingdom Vessels in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 2 (1997): 6–15.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 9, fig. 5a
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20079689
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. 269; Mentioned: p. 269
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