Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Perfume Vessel in the Shape of Two Trussed Ducks Late Second Intermediate PeriodSheikh Abd el-Qurna
Description
Late Second Intermediate Period, Dynasty 17, ca. 1580–1550 B.C. Anhydrite, eyes inlaid with a porous material inside copper rims. H. 17.1 × W. 15.4 × D. 9.3 cm (6 3/4 × 6 1/16 × 3 11/16 in.). From: Tomb near the Ramesseum (?), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: Mond excavations (?), 1902–1925. Subject: Ducks. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1927.
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