id:			94423
accession number:	1914.789
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.789
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:07.922000

Butterfly Inlay, 1350–1296 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18. Polychrome faience with painted decoration; overall: 1.7 x 2.2 cm (11/16 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.789

title:				Butterfly Inlay
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creation date:			1350–1296 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1350
creation date latest:		-1296
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18
technique:	polychrome faience with painted decoration
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - New Kingdom
type:		Amulets
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measurements: Overall: 1.7 x 2.2 cm (11/16 x 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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

* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '1998-05-10T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	El-Amarna? Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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RELATED WORKS

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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. 308; Mentioned: p. 308
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