Scaraboid: Duck with Head Resting on Back

Arts of Africa

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1550–1295 BCE)

Egyptian

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Artist: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Scaraboid: Duck with Head Resting on Back
Origin: Egypt
Date: 1550 BCE–1295 BCE
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: 1 × 1.9 × 1.4 cm (3/8 × 3/4 × 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson
Reference Number: 1894.1901

Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 152.

Reverend Chauncey Murch (1859-1907), Luxor, Egypt; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson, 1894.

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