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Collections

Vessel in the Form of a Fish18th Dynasty, 1550 - 1307 BCE

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Small faience fish figurine in pale blue-green glaze with incised scale, fin, and dot patterns, shown in profile against a white background
Faience vessel in the form of a flat fish, covered in turquoise glaze with incised scale pattern on the body and dotted markings near the tail, shown in profile against a dark background.
Title
Vessel in the Form of a Fish
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
18th Dynasty, 1550 - 1307 BCE
Medium
Faience
Dimensions
4 × 7 7/8 × 4 in. (10.16 × 20 × 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the 1999 Collectors Committee
Accession Number
AC1999.57.1
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art
Provenance
Omar Pacha (1881–1917), Sultan, Cairo. Barratt-Brown Collection, New York (sale, New York, Sotheby’s, sale 7073, 17 December 1997, lot 60). [Mansour Gallery, London, sold 1999 to]; LACMA.