Spoon c. 600 BC
Glazed composition | 3.7 x 11.6 x 2.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 84119
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Faience cosmetic spoon in the form of a swimming girl, derived from a type of Egyptian ointment spoon. The figure has outstretched arms, holding a scoop between them, and outstretched legs with her feet pointed and toes clearly indicated. Her head juts up perpendicularly from her body. Its glaze is mainly creamy ivory with a yellowish tinge, with subsidiary detail in brown-black on hair, nipples and pubic hair.
Provenance
Acquired on Rhodes by King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, during his 1862 tour of the Middle East
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Medium and techniques
Glazed composition
Measurements
3.7 x 11.6 x 2.0 cm (whole object)
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