id: 101384 accession number: 1920.1997 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1997 updated: 2023-03-20 10:11:55.738000 Decorated Amphora with Ibex Head, Before 1920. Egypt, Modern pastiche. Marl clay ware; diameter: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.); overall: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1997 title: Decorated Amphora with Ibex Head title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: Before 1920 creation date earliest: -1391 creation date latest: 1920 current location: creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Modern pastiche technique: marl clay ware department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - Modern Forgery type: Vessels find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.); Overall: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). title: Conserving the Past for the Future opening date: 2001-03-04T00:00:00 Conserving the Past for the Future. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Egypt's Golden Age, the Art of Living in the New Kingdom, 1558-1085 B.C.,Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (Feb. 3-May 2, 1982); Houston Museum of Natural Science, Texas (July 14-Sept. 19, 1982); The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD (Oct. 27, 1982-Jan. 2, 1983). --- PROVENANCE Purchased from Nicolas Tano, Cairo, through Howard Carter date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: A splendid example of the decorated pottery known as "palace ware," made only in Dynasty XVIII. It is painted with garlands imitating the real flowers with which vessels were draped at banquets. This vase was found in the palace of Amenhotep III at southern Thebes. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Egypt's Golden Age, the Art of Living in the New Kingdom, 1558-1085 B.C.: Catalogue of the Exhibition. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1982. page number: Cat. no. 81 url: Kozloff, Arielle P., Betsy Morrell Bryan, Lawrence Michael Berman, and Elisabeth Delange. Egypt's Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1992. page number: Cat. No. 112 url: Berman, Lawrence Michael and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, OH]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 553-555, cat. no. 498 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1997/1920.1997_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1997/1920.1997_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1920.1997/1920.1997_full.tif