Four Model Vessels on Common Base
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Model Food Offerings
Over time, new subjects came to be depicted within the tradition of displaying models of food offerings.
New Kingdom Egyptians continued the Middle Kingdom tradition of leaving smallscale replicas of food as funerary offerings in tombs. Although some types were known earlier—such as the trussed duck and miniature vessels—a new subject was the gazelle. As desert dwellers, gazelles symbolized the chaos that existed in the sterile lands flanking the Nile Valley. Bound gazelles therefore represented the desire for eternal control over chaos.
Caption
Four Model Vessels on Common Base, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.. Limestone, 1 9/16 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. (4 x 8.3 x 8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1388E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1388E_erg456.jpg)
Title
Four Model Vessels on Common Base
Date
ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 18 to Dynasty 20
Period
New Kingdom
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Limestone
Classification
Dimensions
1 9/16 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. (4 x 8.3 x 8 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
37.1388E
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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