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Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Plaque of a Female Figure

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Plaque of a Female Figure

The vulture headdress over the wig and the vulture costume wrapped around the dress—the bird's body and tail are visible at the level of the forearm—identify this figure as a goddess, or a queen in the guise of a goddess. Although the plaque's full-figured ideal of feminine beauty had harbingers in earlier Egyptian art, it was most at home in the Ptolemaic Period.

Medium: Gold-plated repousse silver
Place Made: Egypt
Dates: 305-30 B.C.E.
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Dimensions: 9 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. (24.5 x 8 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle 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: 44.120
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: Overall, 44.120_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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