Hippo
ca. 1938-1539 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
The ancient Egyptians often snapped off the legs of hippopotamus statuettes before placing them in tombs, as these two examples show. The broken stumps of the smaller statuette’s legs demonstrate how bright blue glaze adhered to the white faience. The larger figure’s snout, perhaps also broken in antiquity, has been restored.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Faience
- Medium
- faience
- Locations
- Place made: Egypt
- Dynasty
- Dynasty 12 to Dynasty 17
- Dimensions
- 7/8 × 1 × 2 1/16 in. (2.2 × 2.5 × 5.2 cm)
- Accession Number
- 36.120
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
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