ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Offering Bearer

CultureEgyptian

PeriodFirst Intermediate Period, Dynasty 10 - early Dynasty 11

Date2118-1980 BCE

MediumWood, pigment

Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund

Dimensions17 1/8 x 4 x 2 3/8 in. (43.5 x 10.2 x 6 cm)

Object number2011.008.001

Exhibition HistoryLife and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, June 3, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesPeter Lacovara, "Life and Death in the Pyramid Age," Minerva 22 (2011): 12-13.

ProvenanceEx private collection, France, from 1950s. With Jorgen Ruben [Classic Art], Copenhangen, Denmark. With Bonhams London, October 6, 2010, lot 12 (unsold lot). Purchased by MCCM from Ruben.

Status

On view

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