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<em>Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar</em>. Terracotta, pigment, 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 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, 16.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.223_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar. Terracotta, pigment, 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 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, 16.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.223_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar</em>. Terracotta, pigment, 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 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, 16.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.223_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar. Terracotta, pigment, 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 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, 16.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.223_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar</em>. Terracotta, pigment, 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 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, 16.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.223_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar. Terracotta, pigment, 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 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, 16.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.223_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar</em>. Terracotta, pigment, 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 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, 16.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.223_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar. Terracotta, pigment, 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 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, 16.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.223_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar</em>. Terracotta, pigment, 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 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, 16.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.223_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar. Terracotta, pigment, 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 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, 16.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.223_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

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Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Terracotta, pigment
  • Possible Place Made: Medinet el Faiyum, Egypt
    • PERIOD Early Roman Period (probably)
    DIMENSIONS 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.223
    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
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Fragment of a terracotta statuette of a nude man supporting on his left shoulder a large jar which he steadies with his left hand. Possibly a representation of a dwarf. Preserved portion includes head, left breast and arm. Condition: Preserved portion in good condition.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar. Terracotta, pigment, 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 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, 16.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.223_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE front, CUR.16.223_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    <em>Fragment of a Man Carrying a Jar</em>. Terracotta, pigment, 2 3/4 x 11/16 x 1 3/4 in. (7 x 1.8 x 4.4 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, 16.223. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.223_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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