Vessel

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5–8, about 2494–2160 BCE

Egyptian

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

Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Vessel
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date: Made 2494 BCE–2160 BCE
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: 7.9 × 8.3 × 8.3 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
Reference Number: 1892.18
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 92.

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

Émile Brugsch (1842-1930), Bulaq Museum and Egyptian Antiquities Service, Cairo; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1892; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson, 1892.

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