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<em>Stone of Natural Form</em>. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view01.jpg)
Stone of Natural Form. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view01.jpg)
<em>Stone of Natural Form</em>. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view01.jpg)

Stone of Natural Form. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view01.jpg)

<em>Stone of Natural Form</em>. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view03.jpg)

Stone of Natural Form. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view03.jpg)

<em>Stone of Natural Form</em>. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view02.jpg)

Stone of Natural Form. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view02.jpg)

<em>Stone of Natural Form</em>. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view05.jpg)

Stone of Natural Form. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view05.jpg)

<em>Stone of Natural Form</em>. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view04.jpg)

Stone of Natural Form. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view04.jpg)

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Stone of Natural Form

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Agate
DIMENSIONS 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.654
CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not documented; April 6, 1887, acquired in Egypt by Charles Edwin Wilbour; 1896, inherited from Charles Edwin Wilbour by Charlotte Beebe Wilbour; 1914, gift of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour to Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour; 1916, gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Stone of Natural Form. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view01.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.16.654_view01.jpg., 2018
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<em>Stone of Natural Form</em>. Agate, 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (3.3 × 4.1 × 4.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.654. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.654_view01.jpg)

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