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ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Kohl Jar Lid

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
Date1539-1292 BCE
MediumIvory
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions3/16 x 1 x 1 in., 4 g (0.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, 1/8 oz.)
Object number2018.010.206A
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesTardy, Les Ivoires (2) Antiquite, Islam, Inde, Chine, Japan, Afrique noire, regions polaires, Amerique (Paris: Tardy, 1977), 65, number 3.
Melinda K. Hartwig, ed. Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 5.
ProvenanceEx coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, from at least 1977-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1539-1292 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1539-1292 BCE
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2000-331 BCE
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722 BCE - 642 CE
© Bruce M. White, 2006.
1539-1479 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1539-1077 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
1539-1077 BCE