COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1920.259
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AIC_.1920.259
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Sculpture
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Sculpture
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Unknown
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Unknown
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
African; North African; Egyptian
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African; North African; Egyptian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
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Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Egyptian
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Egyptian
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Relief Plaque Showing a Queen or Goddess
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Relief Plaque Showing a Queen or Goddess
Title
false
Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
View:
full view
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full view
View
false
Creation Date:
Ptolemaic Period, 2nd/1st century B.C.
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Ptolemaic Period, 2nd/1st century B.C.
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
-332
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-332
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
-30
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-30
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Limestone, traces of pigment
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Limestone, traces of pigment
Materials and Techniques
false
Subject Description:
The woman portrayed on this limestone plaque wears a headdess in the form of a vulture, its wings protectively spread along her head. Bead spacers decorate her elaborate coiffeur, and the ends of her curls are accentuated by tiny drill holes. Rows of lotus flowers, marguerites, and papyrus flowers suspended from a band of round beads compose her broad collar. The basic features of this work-the woman's general appearance, her headdress, and her jewelry-fit well into a tradition of Egyptian art that spans more than a thousand years. Certain features of this composition, however, are characteristic of the Ptolemaic (Greek) Period in Egypt: specially the fleshiness of the cheek, chin, and neck; the small almond-shaped eye and the extended eyebrow line; theshort rounded nose; and the drilled detail of the wig. As goddesses, queens, and certain types of priestesses wore the vulture cap headdress, it is impossible to identify the status of the woman depicted. Artists of the mid- and late Ptolemaic Period (second to first centuries B.C.) employed a curious artistic convention, evident here, of omitting the broad collar on what we take to be the rear shoulder. This omission probably indicates that that area was considered to be a part of the arm and shoulder, rather than the region of the neck and chest.
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The woman portrayed on this limestone plaque wears a headdess in the form of a vulture, its wings protectively spread along her head. Bead spacers decorate her elaborate coiffeur, and the ends of her curls are accentuated by tiny drill holes. Rows of lotus flowers, marguerites, and papyrus flowers suspended from a band of round beads compose her broad collar. The basic features of this work-the woman's general appearance, her headdress, and her jewelry-fit well into a tradition of Egyptian art that spans more than a thousand years. Certain features of this composition, however, are characteristic of the Ptolemaic (Greek) Period in Egypt: specially the fleshiness of the cheek, chin, and neck; the small almond-shaped eye and the extended eyebrow line; theshort rounded nose; and the drilled detail of the wig. As goddesses, queens, and certain types of priestesses wore the vulture cap headdress, it is impossible to identify the status of the woman depicted. Artists of the mid- and late Ptolemaic Period (second to first centuries B.C.) employed a curious artistic convention, evident here, of omitting the broad collar on what we take to be the rear shoulder. This omission probably indicates that that area was considered to be a part of the arm and shoulder, rather than the region of the neck and chest.
Subject Description
false
Creation Place:
Africa,North Africa,Egypt
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Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
H: 21.1 cm (8-5/16 in.); W: 19.6 cm (7-3/4 in.); D.: 2.1 cm (15/16 in.)
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H: 21.1 cm (8-5/16 in.); W: 19.6 cm (7-3/4 in.); D.: 2.1 cm (15/16 in.)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1920.259
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1920.259
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Artists of the mid- and late Ptolemaic Period (second to first centuries B>C.) employed a curious artistic convention, evident here, of omitting the broad collar on what we take to be the rear shoulder. This omission probably indicated that that area was considered to be a part of the arm and shoulder, rather than the region of the neck and chest.
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Artists of the mid- and late Ptolemaic Period (second to first centuries B>C.) employed a curious artistic convention, evident here, of omitting the broad collar on what we take to be the rear shoulder. This omission probably indicated that that area was considered to be a part of the arm and shoulder, rather than the region of the neck and chest.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E28465.TIF
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AIC_.E28465.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
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