Collection Online as of December 9, 2023

Flask in the Form of a Leather Bag

c. 1415–1381 BC

Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Tuthmosis III (1479–1425 BCE)–reign of Amenhotep III

(1390–1352 BCE)

Nile silt ware

Overall: 13.5 x 7.4 x 5 cm (5 5/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.726

Location

107 Egyptian

Provenance

Lucy Olcott Perkins, Egypt, through Henry W. Kent

The Cleveland Museum of Art [1914]

Citations

Williams, Caroline Ransom. The Egyptian Collection in the Museum of Art at Cleveland, Ohio. [London]: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1919. p. 166

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 6, fig. 6

Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 273, Color: p. 56; Mentioned: p. 272-274

Exhibition history

Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 6 - September 20, 1916).

The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 30 - September 5, 1982).