<em>Relief of a Copulating Couple</em>, 305–30 B.C.E. Limestone, base: 6 5/16 x 5 7/16 in. (16 x 13.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.181. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.60.181_wwgA-2.jpg)

Relief of a Copulating Couple

Medium: Limestone

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:305–30 B.C.E.

Dimensions: base: 6 5/16 x 5 7/16 in. (16 x 13.8 cm)

Collections:

Museum Location: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Exhibitions:

Accession Number: 60.181

Image: CUR.60.181_wwgA-2.jpg,West Wing gallery A-2 installation

Catalogue Description:
Erotic sculpture in limestone. On a roughtly square plaque or base a nude man and woman in the round facing and lying on their sides. Pillow under man's head. Incomplete animal(s) at lower right corner. Base painted light blue. Remains of red paint on bodies, black on woman's wig. Condition: Poor. Lower left corner lost. Man's right arm lost. Lower right corner broken and reset. Scattered chips, paint lost, etc.

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