id:			154259
accession number:	1988.7
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.7
updated:		2020-04-23 09:31:13.651000

Face from a Cosmetic Spoon, 1391-1353 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, Dyansty 18 (1540-1296 BC), reign of Amenhotep III. Ivory; overall: 4 x 2.3 cm (1 9/16 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1988.7

title:				Face from a Cosmetic Spoon
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creation date:			1391-1353 BC
creation date earliest:		1391
creation date latest:		1353
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Egypt, New Kingdom, Dyansty 18 (1540-1296 BC), reign of Amenhotep III
technique:	ivory
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - New Kingdom
type:		Cosmetic Objects
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measurements: Overall: 4 x 2.3 cm (1 9/16 x 7/8 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

* CMA, 4 March-14 May 1989, The Year in Review for 1988, cat.: CMA Bulletin 76, no. 2 (February 1989), no. 12

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from James Ede, Charles Ede, Ltd, London
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wall description: 
Both ancient Egyptian men and women loved cosmetics. Unguents, oils, and perfumes made from aromatic plant resins and gums were obtained at great cost from distant lands. The objects identified with cosmetics were given lavish treatment. The luxurious obsidian and gold beaker hints at the precious contents it once held. Others are fanciful in form, such as an ostrich egg. The god Bes, patron god of cosmetics, himself is the subject of a colorful jar. The delicately carved human face and the head of a giraffe decorated elaborate ivory cosmetic spoons.
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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. 303; Mentioned: p. 303
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