ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Unguent Jar with Swivel Hinge

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodNew Kingdom

Date1539-1077 BCE

MediumCalcite

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions2 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 1/16 in., 181 g (6.7 x 6 x 5.2 cm, 6 3/8 oz.)

Object number2018.010.799

Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesHotel des Ventes, Marseille, Archeologie (26 Avril 1972), lot 7.
Melinda K. Hartwig, ed. Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 5.

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ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Ventes, Marseille, France, April 26, 1972, lot 7. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

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