Lot 142:
JEROBA MOUSE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART FAIENCE REPRODUCTION
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JEROBA MOUSE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART FAIENCE REPRODUCTION |
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Marked France on bottom. With paperwork. In Metropolitan Musuem of Art box.
2 1/2"
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Image 1:
JERBOA
(1991-1778 MOUSE. B.C.) Egyptian,
Metropolitan Museum
The
Faience
Gift Edward
Carnarvon of Collection
of
with they the they desert These rodents specification are Scepter brown are can five "Also THE tiny fringe, of with be METROPOLITAN markings of charmi from seen Egypt where ng el (I), nice, S. MUSEUM pg.224: moonlight and in faience colored hind small OF Heliopolis groups. Heliopolis Egypt’s ART legs. mottled mice– nights white In Art
trio
JERBOA
(1991-1778
MOUSE.
Egyptian,
Metropolitan
Museum
The
Faience
Gift
Edward
Carnarvon
of
of
with
they
the
they
desert
These
rodents
are
Scepter
brown
are
can
five
"Also
THE
tiny
fringe,
of
with
be
METROPOLITAN
markings
of
charmi
from
seen
Egypt
where
ng
el
S.
MUSEUM
pg.224:
moonlight
and
in
faience
colored
hind
small
OF
Heliopolis
Heliopolis
ART
legs.
mottled
nights
white
In
Art
trio
Image 2:
(1991-1778 B.C.)
Faience
Carnarvon Collection
Gift of Edward S. darkness, 1926
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Scepter of Egypt (I) , pg.224:
"Also from el Lisht and Heliopolis
are five charming little faience mice–
specifically jerboa mice, small mottled
rodents with kangaroolike hind legs.
These tiny creatures inhabit Egypt’s
desert fringe, where on moonlight nights
they can be seen dancing in groups.
the trio of statuettes from Heliopolis
In
they are naturalistically colored white
with brown markings."
JERBOA
MOUSE.
Egyptian,
Dynasty
(1991-1778
Faience
Collection
Gift
of
Edward
S.
1926
THE
METROPOLITAN
MUSEUM
OF
ART
Scepter
of
Egypt
pg.224:
"Also
from
el
Lisht
and
Heliopolis
are
five
charming
little
faience
mice–
specifically
jerboa
mice,
small
mottled
rodents
with
kangaroolike
hind
legs.
These
tiny
creatures
inhabit
Egypt’s
desert
fringe,
where
on
moonlight
nights
they
can
be
seen
dancing
in
the
trio
of
statuettes
from
Heliopolis
In
they
are
naturalistically
colored
white
with
brown
markings."
Image 3:
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