Kneeling King Offering Wine

Description Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description In ancient Egypt, it was the king's duty to present offerings to the gods. This figure of a kneeling king holds out his arms to present two small vessels. These small, round vessels were designed to hold wine, the offering presented here. This figure was once part of a larger statue group in which the king would have been positioned facing an image of a deity, which is now lost.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
9/17/1959	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

Egypt’s Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2013-2014.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

ca. 1069-715 BCE (Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd dynasty)

Medium

bronze
(Metal)

Accession Number

54.2096

Measurements

H: 3 9/16 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 1 3/4 in. (9.1 x 3.9 x 4.5 cm); H with tang: 3 11/16 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 1 3/4 in. (9.3 x 3.9 x 4.5 cm); H with base: 4 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 2 3/8 in. (12.1 x 3.9 x 6 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View