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Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Nefertum
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Nefertum

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period
Date722-332 BCE
MediumFaience
Credit LineMuseum purchase in honor of Eleanor Ridley and Charles Ackerman
Object number2012.034.001
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, June 17, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesRoyal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World Volume XXII (2011), 85, number 176.
ProvenanceSaid to be ex coll. Colonel Arbuthnot, acquired in Port Said or Alexandria, Egypt, 1930-1947. Said to be ex coll. J.S., Lyndhurst, New Jersey, acquired in London, England, 1988. Purchased by MCCM from Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022) [Royal-Athena Galleries], New York, New York.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art