Vessel in the Form of a Kneeling Woman in the Brooklyn Museum, March 2010

Figure of Kneeling Woman

The artisan who made this piece combined a functioning vessel with the figure of a kneeling woman holding round pots and a curved horn. She probably represents a midwife with the items of her trade: vessels containing oils and drugs for easing the mother's discomfort. This hollow piece probably held such a soothing salve or pain-reducing agent itself.

Medium: Steatite, glazed

Place Made: Egypt

Dates: ca. 1336-1327 B.C.E., ca. 1327-1323 b.c, or ca. 1323-1295 B.C.E.

Dynasty: late XVIII Dynasty

Period: New Kingdom

Dimensions: 3 13/16 x 2 in. (9.7 x 5.1 cm)

Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Accession Number: 49.53

Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

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