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<em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view01.jpeg)
Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view01.jpeg)
<em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view01.jpeg)

Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view01.jpeg)

<em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view02.jpeg)

Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view02.jpeg)

<em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view03.jpeg)

Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view03.jpeg)

<em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view04.jpeg)

Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view04.jpeg)

<em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view05.jpeg)

Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view05.jpeg)

<em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view06.jpeg)

Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view06.jpeg)

<em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view07.jpeg)

Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view07.jpeg)

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Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Terracotta, pigment
  • Possible Place Made: Fayum Region, Egypt
    • DATES 3rd-4th century C.E.
    PERIOD Roman Period
    DIMENSIONS 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.294
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Terra cotta bucket with single loop handle. One side of bucket is in the form of a male face, the opposite side in the form of a female face. Subjects not identified. Bucket cast in two part mould. Handle free-moulded and added after casting. Condition: Extensive remains of white paint (?). Base cracked.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Bucket, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view01.jpeg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.294_view01.jpeg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2021
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    <em>Bucket</em>, 3rd-4th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.294_view01.jpeg)

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