Tear Drop Shaped Vase with Painted Designs of Maidens, Cows, Swamp Plants, etc.
- Medium: Terracotta, paint
- Place Made: Egypt
- Dates: ca. 1390-1353 B.C.E.
- Dynasty: XVIII Dynasty
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 6 5/16 in. (29.6 x 16 cm)
- Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor - Accession Number: 59.2
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Image: Overall, 59.2_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
The faces on most statues of Amunhotep II differ slightly from those of his two immediate predecessors. Compared with the sculptures of Thutmose III and Hatshepsut, for example, this statue's face is a little longer, the eyes somewhat narrower, the brows a bit straighter, the nose slightly thicker, and the mouth less curved. Each change is minute, but together they create a distinctive, recognizable image of Amunhotep II. This face is not a portrait, but an official image conceived by the chief royal sculptors to communicate the ideal physical appearance of Amunhotep II. The Egyptians believed that reality was momentary and thus, within the context of eternity, meaningless. Only an ideal representation would endure forever.
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