Support or Leg of an Object

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Holding institution:
Brooklyn Museum
Data provider:
Brooklyn Museum
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Title:
Support or Leg of an Object
Creator:
Graeco-Egyptian
Description:
Small bronze support or leg of an object. Torso and head of Bes or Silenus terminating in circular lion foot. Two pronged support on back of figure. Condition: Fair. Intact but rather heavily corroded.
Type:
Furniture
Type (Narrower):
Furniture
Type (Broader):
Object
Geographic region:
Egypt
Time period:
Ptolemaic Period to early Roman Period
Provenance:
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
Medium:
Bronze
Extent:
2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 cm)
Rights:
Creative Commons-BY
Identifier:
Accession Number: 16.389
Is part of:
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
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