Hippopotamus

Medium: Faience

Geograhical Locations:

• Egypt

Dates:ca. 1938–1539 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 4 5/16 × 2 15/16 × 7 3/16 in., 2 lb. (11 × 7.5 × 18.3 cm, 0.91kg)

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum Location: Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor

Exhibitions:

• Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt
• To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum

Accession Number: 86.226.2

Image: 86.226.2_PS2.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Faience statuette of standing hippopotamus. Head frontal and slightly lowered, feet parallel, tail in high relief. Glazed blue, now largely turned green. Decorations on manganese of lotus flowers and buds arranged in conventional pattern. Rosette (lotus in top view) on each buttock. Lotus leaf on each side of head. Glaze on left side of body badly worn. Right ear chipped. Chips on jaw (each side). Minor chips on body.

Brooklyn Museum