id:			150919
accession number:	1982.3
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.3
updated:		2023-12-08 21:50:12.833000

Cosmetic Vessel, c. 1980–1901 BCE. Egypt, Middle Kingdom (2040–1648 BCE), Dynasty 12. Anhydrite; diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); overall: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund 1982.3

title:				Cosmetic Vessel
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creation date:			c. 1980–1901 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1980
creation date latest:		-1901
current location:		234 Textile Gallery
creditline:			Edwin R. and Harriet Pelton Perkins Memorial Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Middle Kingdom (2040–1648 BCE), Dynasty 12
technique:	anhydrite
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Middle Kingdom
type:		Vessels
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measurements: Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); Overall: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1982
	opening date:   1983-01-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1982</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 6, 1983).

	title:		Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession
	opening date:   2023-04-01T04:00:00
	<i>Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, 5 January-6 February 1983, The Year in Review for 1982, cat.: CMA Bulletin 70, no. 1 (January 1983), no. 5, illus. p. 6

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PROVENANCE

	Formerly in the collection of John G. Ross (purchased 1952 in Cairo; on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in the 1960s); sold: New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet. Purchased from James Freeman, Kyoto
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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. 162, color p. 50; Mentioned: p. 162-163
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IMAGES

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