Furniture leg in the form of an animal's leg
Culture: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: 1352-1336 B.C.
Medium: Wood
Dimensions:
height: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
width: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with the Antiquities Acquisition Fund
Object number: 92.78.8
Provenance: Excavated in House 8 of the workmen's village east of Amarna (Akhetaten) by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1922; Egypt Exploration Society, by gift to Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 1923 or 1924 (Toledo accession no. 25.1089); deaccessioned by Toledo Museum of Art, 1991; sold, Sotheby's, New York, June 25, 1992, lot 260; sold by Peter Sharrer, Hillsdale, NJ, to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1992
Published References
T. E. Peet and C. L. Woolley, The City of Akhenaten, Part I, Excavations of 1921 and 1922 at el-'Amarneh (London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1923), 79, pl. 19.4.
Sotheby's, New York, July 25, 1992, lot 260
On view
In Collection(s)
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