id:			101362
accession number:	1920.1975.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1975.b
updated:		2022-09-10 09:11:33.758000

Trial Piece Worked on Both Sides, c. 1391–1353 BC. Egypt, probably Thebes, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III. Limestone; overall: 34.4 x 24 x 7 cm (13 9/16 x 9 7/16 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1975.b

title:				Trial Piece Worked on Both Sides
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creation date:			c. 1391–1353 BC
creation date earliest:		-1391
creation date latest:		-1353
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, probably Thebes, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III
technique:	limestone
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - New Kingdom
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 34.4 x 24 x 7 cm (13 9/16 x 9 7/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Egypt
	opening date:   1952-10-03T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Egypt</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 3-December 28, 1952).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Probably Thebes. Purchased from Jusef Hasan, Luxor, through Howard Carter
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fun fact: 
Trial pieces were a necessity of this busy building period because new styles were continually introduced and rapid training of apprentices was needed.

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wall description: 
This carved flake of limestone provides a fascinating glimpse of the ancient artist at work. The rather routine, basic subjects of this side show a far lower level of accomplishment than the other. The sole details of any skill are the incomplete head of the god Bes at the bottom center and the human ear at the left edge. The simple neb-signs (baskets) are poorly executed, and the drawing of the hand is embarrassingly bad. At the lower right is a thickly banded human eye. Above that is the fair head of a princess wearing a short wig, wide headband, and thick sidelock. At the upper left are the beginnings (or the remains) of the bewigged head of a courtier, the face mostly obliterated.
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