Head and Torso from a Male Swimmer Holding a Spoon
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Head and Torso from a Male Swimmer Holding a Spoon
- Period: Third Intermediate Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 21–25
- Date: ca. 1070–664 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Faience
- Dimensions: H. 2.5 × W. 2.8 × D. 1.9 cm (1 × 1 1/8 × 3/4 in.)
- Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
- Object Number: 26.7.1421
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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27 B.C.–A.D. 14
ca. 1070–332 BCE
360–343 BCE
4th century B.C.
ca. 1070–664 B.C.
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