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Gazelle

Gazelle





Artist : Anonymous

Material : Painted ivory, Wood
Acquisition : Gift of Edwards S. Harkness (1926)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Amenhotep III
Right
Ground Floor - Section 15
Item 5 on 49
Ancient Egypt
Sculpture

Area related
Egypte

Description   

This delicate ivory gazelle stands on a wooden pedestal decorated to resemble the animal's semi-desert habitat. The ears have broken off and the horns, probably of another material, are missing.
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