RECENT
ACQUISITIONS
In March 2006, our museum received a spectacular
gift of 9 ancient Egyptian objects from the Harer Family Trust.
The oldest among the donated objects is a Predynastic cosmetic fish-shaped
palette with the remains of red-ochre powder. The two most mesmerizing
objects, however, are a rare Third Intermediate Period polychrome
wood statue of Osiris and a set of Third Intermediate Period stone
canopic jars with hieratic inscriptions (see photographs). These
objects - the all time favorites of our visitors - are now added
to the museum’s permanent holdings of close to 100 Egyptian
antiquities (most of them gifts of the Harer Family Trust). They
will be back on display by June 2006. More than 300 other Egyptian
objects are housed in our museum as an extended loan from the Harer
Family Trust and other collectors.
COSMETIC PALETTE (FISH
PALETTE)
graywacke
Egypt, Predynastic Period, Nagada II, c. 3650-3300 BC
EL01.027.1996
SET OF FOUR CANOPIC
JARS
limestone with black ink inscriptions
Egypt, Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty 21 – 24, 1085-715 BC
STATUE OF OSIRIS
painted gesso on wood
Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 1069-664 BC
ART OF ANCIENT EGYPT
EXHIBITION
Courtesy of Christie's Images
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