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Hippopotamus ("William")
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メトロポリタン美術館
展示室展示室 111ニューヨーク, アメリカ合衆国
一般公開されています。裏付けとなる出典は下に記しています。
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- 一昨日
- この状態になった日
- 2026年9月26日
- 出典
- 美術館自身の所蔵データ
About the sculpture
William is an Egyptian faience hippopotamus statuette from the Middle Kingdom, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where it serves as an informal mascot for the museum. Found in a shaft associated with the Upper Egyptian tomb chapel of "The Steward, Senbi", in what is now Meir, William dates from c. 1961 BC – c. 1878 BC, during the reigns of Senusret I and Senusret II. This 20 cm (8 in) figurine in Egyptian faience, a clay-less material, has become popular not only for his endearing appearance, but also because his defining characteristics illustrate many of the most salient facets of craft production in ancient Egypt during this time.
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William is only one of several objects associated with the tomb of "The Steward, Senbi", which were acquired by the Metropolitan Museum in 1917. According to the Museum's Bulletin from that year, this hippopotamus is a "particularly fine example of a type found, in common with various other animal forms, among the funerary furnishings of tombs of the Middle Kingdom" and also an exemplary piece of Egyptian faience. William may be seen in Gallery 111 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
作品データ
- 収蔵番号
- 17.9.1
What it shows
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出典
- メトロポリタン美術館: the museum's own open data · 5 日前に取得
- 画像： メトロポリタン美術館 — Open Access (CC0)
