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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Statuette of Kneeling King

304–30 BCE

Egypt, Greco-Roman period

(332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)
bronze, solid cast
Overall: 4.2 x 5.5 cm (1 5/8 x 2 3/16 in.); with tang: 12.7 cm (5 in.); without tang: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.575
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

As the chief intermediary between gods and men, the Egyptian king is often shown kneeling in adoration. Enough remains of this king's arms to indicate that his hands may have held offering jars or were extended with the palms facing each other around a naos, or shrine, containing a divine image. In Egypt, adoration required a divine recipient. This example was undoubtedly part of a group composition in which the king faced a larger figure of a god.
  • Purchased from Khawam Brothers, Cairo, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
  • Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 458; Mentioned: p. 458-9
  • {{cite web|title=Statuette of Kneeling King|url=false|author=|year=304–30 BCE|access-date=20 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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