Ointment Vessel

CC0 Public Domain Designation

New Kingdom, mid–Dynasty 18, about 1479–1352 BCE

Egyptian

Cosmetic vessels were made in many forms, including open bowls, and footed dishes.

Status: On View, Gallery 50
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Ointment Vessel
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1550 BCE–1295 BCE
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: 6.4 × 10.7 × 10.7 cm (2 9/16 × 4 1/4 × 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Robert H. Fleming, and Norman W. Harris
Reference Number: 1894.385
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 95, 96 (ill.)
Emily Teeter. “Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.” Special issue, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 20, no. 1 (1994): pp. 18,19,20. (ill. p. 19)

Art Institute of Chicago, Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, Feb. 11, 2022 - present.

The Art Institute of Chicago, acquired in 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Robert H. Fleming, and Norman W. Harris.

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