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ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Naophorous Statue

AAT Object Form/FunctionNaophorous Statues

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 26

Date664-525 BCE

MediumBasalt

Credit LineGift of the Connoisseurs

Dimensions10 9/16 x 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (26.8 x 21.6 x 11.4 cm)

Object number1988.004.001

Exhibition HistoryRecent Acquisitions, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, July 14 - September 15, 1988
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - Present
Published ReferencesSotheby's London, Antiquities, Egyptian, Western Asiatic, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities (April 29, 1974), 51, lot 237, plate XXXI.
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 20.
Jaromir Malek, et al., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, Volume VIII Objects of Provenance Not Known: Statues (Oxford, Griffith Institute, 2008), 815, number 801-748-060.

ProvenanceEx coll. M. Claesson, purchased from Sotheby's London, April 29, 1974, lot 237. Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Noele and Ronald Mele Ancient Works of Art, New York, New York.

Status

On view

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