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<em>Spouted Bowl</em>, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_overall01.JPG)
Spouted Bowl, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_overall01.JPG)
<em>Spouted Bowl</em>, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_overall01.JPG)

Spouted Bowl, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_overall01.JPG)

<em>Spouted Bowl</em>, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_overall02.JPG)

Spouted Bowl, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_overall02.JPG)

<em>Spouted Bowl</em>, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_overall03.JPG)

Spouted Bowl, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_overall03.JPG)

<em>Spouted Bowl</em>, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_overall04.JPG)

Spouted Bowl, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_overall04.JPG)

<em>Spouted Bowl</em>, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_top.JPG)

Spouted Bowl, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_top.JPG)

<em>Spouted Bowl</em>, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_bottom.JPG)

Spouted Bowl, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_bottom.JPG)

<em>Spouted Bowl</em>, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_detail.JPG)

Spouted Bowl, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_detail.JPG)

<em>Spouted Bowl</em>, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Spouted Bowl, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Spouted Bowl</em>, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.71E_37.75E_37.77E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

Spouted Bowl, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 37.71E_37.75E_37.77E_GrpA_SL4.jpg)

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Spouted Bowl

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Magnesite marble
  • Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Early Dynastic Period or Old Kingdom
    DIMENSIONS 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.71E
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION One spouted bowl of light blue Magnasite Marble. Ovoid in shape a grooved spout protrudes from its side. The lip is rounded and a small ring shaped base has been worked on the bottom. Condition: Good. Superficial cracking and some staining.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Spouted Bowl, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_overall01.JPG)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.37.71E_overall01.JPG. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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    <em>Spouted Bowl</em>, ca. 3100–2170 B.C.E. Magnesite marble, 3 5/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (8.4 × 14.5 × 20 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.71E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.71E_overall01.JPG)

    TAGS

    Saqqara
    Egypt
    Old Kingdom
    bowl
    marble
    magnesite
    New York Historic Society Collection
    Sakkara

    TAGS

    Saqqara
    Egypt
    Old Kingdom
    bowl
    marble
    magnesite
    New York Historic Society Collection
    Sakkara

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