The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 21, 2021

Model Basket as Amulet

c. 1069-945 BC

Egypt, Late Period, Dynasties 21-22

Egyptian blue

Overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerald S. Brodkey 1978.90

Location

107 Egyptian

Description

As an amulet, the basket was associated with the cat-goddess Bastet. Statuettes of Bastet frequently show her carrying basketfuls of kittens. This amulet is remarkable for its openwork design

Provenance
Said to have been in the collection of Theodore M. Davis; purchased from McDougall Palmer Ltd., London
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. 532; Mentioned: p. 532-3
Exhibition history

CMA, 13 February-18 March 1978, The Year in Review for 1978, cat.: CMA Bulletin 66, no. 1 (January 1979), no. 2

The Cleveland Museum of Art (5/10/98 - 7/5/98); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (8/25/98 - 1/3/99). "Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience," not in exh. cat.

Year in Review: 1978. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).

Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience. The Cleveland Museum of Art (May 10-July 5, 1998); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (August 25, 1998-January 3, 1999).

Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1978.90