Support for a chair leg
Made of tamarisk wood once covered with silver leaf, this is part of a block that was meant to be placed under one of the four legs of a chair. Three sides of the block were decorated with figures of bound captives, their bodies contorted to fit into the trapezoidal spaces. Each time the occupant sat on the throne that would have rested on this block, they would have magically crushed the enemies of Egypt beneath them.
Remains of the textile and paste/plaster layer beneath the silver leaf are still visible on parts of the block.
Remains of the textile and paste/plaster layer beneath the silver leaf are still visible on parts of the block.
Artwork Details
- Title: Support for a chair leg
- Period: Late Period, Saite
- Dynasty: Dynasty 26
- Date: 664–525 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, South Valleys, Unfinished Temple Valley, Tomb MMA 1151, MMA excavations, 1920–22
- Medium: Wood (tamarisk), silver gold leaf traces
- Dimensions: H. 15.8 × W. 18 × D. 9.5 cm (6 1/4 × 7 1/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
- Object Number: 22.3.39
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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