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Statuette of kneeling dwarf (Ptahtek)?
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height x width x thickness: 4.8 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (1 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by Miss Mary S. Ames
Accession Number11.1524
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionFaience figure of kneeling dwarf (Ptahtek?) with blue glaze. The feet are broken off and missing. He wears a necklace of dark blue. He carries a three dimensional calf (?) around his shoulders. The surface is chipped. The details are in dark blue-black.
ProvenanceBy 1909: purchased in Egypt by Joseph Lindon Smith; 1909: on loan to the MFA; 1911: purchased by the MFA through funds provided by Mary S. Ames.
(Accession date: August 3, 1911.)
(Accession date: August 3, 1911.)