<em>Dish in the Form of a Duck</em>, ca. 1336–1292 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 2 7/8 × 5 13/16 × 5 3/4 in. (7.3 × 14.7 × 14.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 11.665. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 11.665_front_PS22.jpg)

Dish in the Form of a Duck, ca. 1336–1292 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 2 7/8 × 5 13/16 × 5 3/4 in. (7.3 × 14.7 × 14.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 11.665. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 11.665_front_PS22.jpg)

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Dish in the Form of a Duck

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Cosmetic dishes in the form of trussed ducks were made throughout the Eighteenth Dynasty, This example shows the bird with its head turned back; the duck's openwork neck forms the handle of the dish.

MEDIUM Egyptian alabaster (calcite)

Place Made: Egypt

DATES ca. 1336–1292 B.C.E.

DYNASTY late Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 2 7/8 × 5 13/16 × 5 3/4 in. (7.3 × 14.7 × 14.6 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 11.665

CREDIT LINE Museum Collection Fund

PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not yet documented; by March 1911, acquired by Michael Kasira; March 18, 1911, purchased in Egypt from Michael Kasira by Colonel Robert B. Woodward for the Brooklyn Museum.

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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Egyptian alabaster toilet dish in the form of a trussed or sleeping duck. Head curved and joined to front of dish with openwork neck forming handle. Wings and feet incised on underside of dish. Eyes inlaid with black substance. This may be a cover for a stone vessel, which was probably intended to hold paint. Condition: Perfect. One edge of interior of dish has slight depression with brown stains.

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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Dish in the Form of a Duck, ca. 1336–1292 B.C.E. Egyptian alabaster (calcite), 2 7/8 × 5 13/16 × 5 3/4 in. (7.3 × 14.7 × 14.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 11.665. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 11.665_front_PS22.jpg)

IMAGE front, 11.665_front_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024

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