id:			154030
accession number:	1988.154
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.154
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:02.616000

Baboon on a Limestone Base, 380–30 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 30–Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE). Pale turquoise faience; overall: 10 x 4.5 x 7.5 cm (3 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin 1988.154

title:				Baboon on a Limestone Base
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creation date:			380–30 BCE
creation date earliest:		-380
creation date latest:		-30
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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culture:	Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 30–Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)
technique:	pale turquoise faience
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Late Period
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 10 x 4.5 x 7.5 cm (3 15/16 x 1 3/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1988
	opening date:   1989-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin [Muriel Spiro] (1915-2008), Cleveland, OH
	date: 1971-1988
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1988-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kozloff, Arielle P. <em>Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection</em>. 1981.
	page number: 	p. 67, no. 55
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	“The Year in Review for 1988.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 76, no. 2 (1989).
	page number: 	no. 5
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160061

	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. 440; Mentioned: p. 440-1
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	Fortenberry, Diane, ed. <em>The Art Museum</em>. London; New York: Phaidon Press, 2017.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 20, no. 2
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