Cosmetic Dish In The Shape Of A Trussed Duck

Cosmetic Dish in the Shape of a Trussed Duck

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Art Collection

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 121

Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Reign: reign of Akhenaten–Tutankhamun

Date: ca. 1353–1327 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt

Medium: Hippopotamus ivory (tinted)

Dimensions: Part A: l. 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in); w. 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in); th. 1.8 cm (11/16 in); Part B: l. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in); w. 4 cm (1 9/16 in); th. 1.2 cm (1/2 in)

Accession Number: 40.2.2a, b