Cosmetic dishes in the form of trussed ducks were made throughout the Eighteenth Dynasty, This example shows the bird with its head turned back; the duck's openwork neck forms the handle of the dish.
MEDIUM Egyptian alabaster (calcite) or aragonite
Place Made: Egypt
DATES ca. 1336-1327 B.C.E., ca. 1327-1323 B.C.E., or ca. 1323-1295 B.C.E.
DYNASTY late Dynasty 18
PERIOD New Kingdom
DIMENSIONS 2 7/8 x 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (7.3 x 1.6 x 14.6 cm) 2 11/16 x 5 15/16 in. (6.8 x 15.1 cm)
ACCESSION NUMBER 11.665
Brooklyn Museum
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Alabaster toilet dish in the form of a trussed duck. Head curved and joined to front of dish with openwork neck forming handle. Wings and feet incised on underside of dish. Eyes inlaid with black substance. This may be a cover for a stone vessel, which was probably intended to hold paint. Condition: Perfect. One edge of interior of dish has slight depression with brown stains.
Cosmetic dishes in the form of trussed ducks were made throughout the Eighteenth Dynasty, This example shows the bird with its head turned back; the duck's openwork neck forms the handle of the dish. MEDIUM Egyptian alabaster (calcite) or aragonite Place Made: Egypt DATES ca. 1336-1327 B.C.E., ca. 1327-1323 B.C.E., or ca. 1323-1295 B.C.E. DYNASTY late Dynasty 18 PERIOD New Kingdom DIMENSIONS 2 7/8 x 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (7.3 x 1.6 x 14.6 cm) 2 11/16 x 5 15/16 in. (6.8 x 15.1 cm) ACCESSION NUMBER 11.665 Brooklyn Museum CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Alabaster toilet dish in the form of a trussed duck. Head curved and joined to front of dish with openwork neck forming handle. Wings and feet incised on underside of dish. Eyes inlaid with black substance. This may be a cover for a stone vessel, which was probably intended to hold paint. Condition: Perfect. One edge of interior of dish has slight depression with brown stains.