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Collection Online as of June 1, 2023

Double-Sided Votive Relief

305–30 BC

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Egypt, Greco-Roman period, early Ptolemaic Dynasty

Limestone

Overall: 8.3 x 6.5 x 1.4 cm (3 1/4 x 2 9/16 x 9/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.666

Location

107 Egyptian

Description

Trial pieces—carved on limestone flakes, or ostraca—and sculptors' models allow us to see how the ancient Egyptian artist approached his work. Showing a wild dog's head on one side and a profile figure on the other, these pieces are masterpieces in their own right, and were probably meant to be copied.

Provenance
Purchased from Nicolas Tano, Cairo, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
Citations
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. 471; Mentioned: p.471-2
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.666