Head and Torso from a Male Swimmer Holding a Spoon

Third Intermediate Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 127

This unusual piece is a fragment from a small 'swimmer spoon.' Atypically the swimmer is male. The spoon bears a general typological resemblance to a male swimmer in the Louvre considered to date to the Third Intermediate Period, but, while the date is likely to be the same, the features and treatment of hair on this spoon suggests to specialists that it is a foreign production.

Head and Torso from a Male Swimmer Holding a Spoon, Faience

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Head and Torso from a Male Swimmer Holding a Spoon, Faience
Head and Torso from a Male Swimmer Holding a Spoon, Faience
Head and Torso from a Male Swimmer Holding a Spoon, Faience
Head and Torso from a Male Swimmer Holding a Spoon, Faience
Head and Torso from a Male Swimmer Holding a Spoon, Faience
Head and Torso from a Male Swimmer Holding a Spoon, Faience

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