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Overseer Shawabty

Overseer Shawabty

1069–845 BCE
(1069–715 BCE)
turquoise faience with dark purple decoration
Overall: 10.8 x 4.2 x 2.8 cm (4 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.588
Location: not on view
  • Probably Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Bab el-Gasus tomb. Purchased in Egypt 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. 357; Mentioned: p. 357
  • Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 10-July 5, 1998); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (August 25, 1998-January 3, 1999).
    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.
    CMA 1916, p. 208, no. 36
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