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ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Aegis of Hathor

AAT Object Form/Functionheads (representations)

AAT Object Form/Functionnecklaces

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period

Date722-332 BCE

MediumBronze, stone

Credit LineGift of Joop Bollen

Dimensions8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)

Object number2007.020.001

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, 2008 - January 2011
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, June 20, 2011 - December 22, 2014
African Cosmos: Stellar Arts, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 31 - June 21, 2015
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, July 6, 2015 - Present
Published ReferencesChristie's London, Fine Antiqities (July 6, 1994), 20, lot 36.
Dorotheum, Antike Kunst (March 15, 1999), lot 223.
MCCM Newsletter, December 2007 - February 2008.
MCCM Newsletter, September - November 2008.

ProvenanceWith Christie's London, July 6, 1994, lot 36. Ex coll. Gregoire Couturier, Fontainebleau, France and Delemont, Switzerland, purchased from Dorotheum, Vienna, Austria, March 15, 1999, lot 223. Ex coll. Joop Bollen, United States, purchased from Couturier, 2004.

Status

On view

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