The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Palette in the Form of a Turtle

Forgery of the early 20th Century

Egypt, Modern forgery

slate
Overall: 19.2 cm (7 9/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.652
Location: Not on view
  • Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
  • Berman, Lawrence Michael and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, OH]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 561, cat. no. 509
  • CMA 1916, no. 59, p. 210
  • {{cite web|title=Palette in the Form of a Turtle|url=false|author=|year=Forgery of the early 20th Century|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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