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Sculptor's model of an owl
Sculptor's model of an owl

Sculptor's model of an owl

Date2nd century
Object number55.130
Provenance(Possibly from Behnesa); [Maguid Sameda, Cairo, Egypt]; purchased from Mr. Sameda by Seattle Art Museum / Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, Seattle, Washington, April 30, 1955
Exhibition HistoryColumbia, Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Egyptian Art Under the Greeks and Romans: 332 B.C. - A.D. 330, September 25 - November 15, 1987Published ReferencesTeeter, Emily, The Egyptian Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, in KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, Vol. 12, No. 3, Fall 2001, illus. p. 31
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions6 1/2 x 5 x 3/4 in. (16.5 x 12.7 x 1.9 cm)
MediumLimestone
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