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Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Support or Leg of an Object</em>. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View1.jpg)
Graeco-Egyptian. Support or Leg of an Object. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View1.jpg)
Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Support or Leg of an Object</em>. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View1.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Support or Leg of an Object. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View1.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Support or Leg of an Object</em>. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View5.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Support or Leg of an Object. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View5.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Support or Leg of an Object</em>. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View2.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Support or Leg of an Object. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View2.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Support or Leg of an Object</em>. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View3.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Support or Leg of an Object. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View3.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Support or Leg of an Object</em>. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View4.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Support or Leg of an Object. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View4.jpg)

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Support or Leg of an Object

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Graeco-Egyptian
MEDIUM Bronze
  • Place Collected: Egypt
    • PERIOD Ptolemaic Period to early Roman Period
    DIMENSIONS 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.389
    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 Small bronze support or leg of an object. Torso and head of Bes or Silenus terminating in circular lion foot. Two pronged support on back of figure. Condition: Fair. Intact but rather heavily corroded.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Graeco-Egyptian. Support or Leg of an Object. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.389_View1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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    RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
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    Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Support or Leg of an Object</em>. Bronze, 2 7/16 x diameter of base 1 in. (6.2 x 2.6 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, 16.389. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.389_View1.jpg)

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