id: 101378
accession number: 1920.1991
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Vulture Headdress Inlay, 100–1 BCE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE). Gold and semi-precious stones; overall: 3 x 2.8 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1991
title: Vulture Headdress Inlay
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creation date: 100–1 BCE
creation date earliest: -100
creation date latest: -1
current location: 107 Egyptian
creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture: Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)
technique: gold and semi-precious stones
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
type: Jewelry
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CREATORS
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measurements: Overall: 3 x 2.8 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Howard Carter: Before the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb
opening date: 1992-11-13T05:00:00
Howard Carter: Before the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb. The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (November 13, 1992-May 31, 1993).
title: Queens of Egypt
opening date: 2008-07-12T00:00:00
Queens of Egypt. Grimaldi Forum - Monaco, MC 98001 Monaco cedex (organizer) (July 12-September 10, 2008).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Howard Carter: Before Tutankhamun, The British Museum, London, England, (November, 18, 1992-May 31, 1993).', 'opening_date': '1993-05-31T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Said to be from the "Treasure of Dendara."
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Ralph H. Blanchard, Cairo, Egypt, through Howard Carter, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: -1920
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1920-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Illustrated London News (3 November 1928)
page number: p. 825
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Bates, Kenneth F. The Enamelist. Cleveland and New York: World Pub. Co, 1967.
page number: p. 4
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Cooney, John D. "Three Minor Masterpieces of Egyptian Art." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 1 (1975)
page number: pp. 11-14, figs. 1-3
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152570
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Arielle P. Kozloff. An Introduction to the Art of Egypt in the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar]: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], 1983.
page number: p. 16
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J. Paul Getty Museum, and Getty Conservation Institute. In the Tomb of Nefertari: Conservation of the Wall Paintings. [Malibu, Calif.]: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992.
page number: p. 59, fig. 29
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Reeves, Nicholas, and John H. Taylor. Howard Carter: Before Tutankhamun. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1993.
page number: cat. p. 176
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Berman, Lawrence M. “La Collection Egyptienne du Cleveland Museum of Art,” Bulletin de la Societe francaise d’egyptologie.(October 1995): 14-29.
page number: p. 19, fig. 3
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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. 495; Mentioned: p. 495-6
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Ziegler, Christiane. Queens of Egypt: From Hetepheres to Cleopatra. Monaco: Grimaldi Forum, 2008.
page number: cat. no. 137, p. 311
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James, T. G. H. Howard Carter and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Object Lessons, Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page number: p. 69
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