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Spouted Bowl

Spouted Bowl

c. 2573–2454 BCE
(2647–2124 BCE)
anorthosite gneiss
Diameter: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); Diameter of mouth: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.); Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. and various donors by exchange 1985.108
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

Both ancient Egyptian men and women loved cosmetics. Unguents, oils, and perfumes made from aromatic plant resins and gums were obtained at great cost from distant lands. The objects identified with cosmetics were given lavish treatment. The luxurious obsidian and gold beaker hints at the precious contents it once held. Others are fanciful in form, such as an ostrich egg. The god Bes, patron god of cosmetics, himself is the subject of a colorful jar. The delicately carved human face and the head of a giraffe decorated elaborate ivory cosmetic spoons.
  • Formerly in the collection of John Huyett. Purchased from Peter Scharrer, New York
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 2 archive.org
    Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Mentioned: p. 144; Reproduced: p. 144
  • CMA, 12 February-6 April 1986, "The Year in Review for 1985," cat.: CMA Bulletin 73, no. 2 (February 1986), p. 62, no. 21
  • {{cite web|title=Spouted Bowl|url=false|author=|year=c. 2573–2454 BCE|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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