Statuette of a Sphinx from a Barque Standard

Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–22, about 984–715 BCE

Egyptian

The sphinx god Tutu stood on the bows of the sacred boats that carried statues of the pharaoh and the gods. The power of the sphinx, represented by the head of the king and the body of a lion, is further emphasized by the two cobras that rear up at its paws.

Status: On View, Gallery 50
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Statuette of a Sphinx from a Barque Standard
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date: Made 984 BCE–715 BCE
Medium: Copper alloy
Dimensions: 22.2 × 16.5 × 3.6 cm (8 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Robert H. Fleming
Reference Number: 1894.257
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), pp. 106-107 (ill.).
Günther Roeder, Ägyptische Bronzefiguren (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 1956), p. 368, §482b, fig. 516, p. 390, §522b, p. 421, §580h, pp. 449-50, §614c.
Roberta Casagrande-Kim, ed., When the Greeks Ruled Egypt: From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra. Exh. cat. (New York: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World; Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014), p. 104, cat. 126.

“Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 154A, April 20, 1994 - February 6, 2012.
Art Institute of Chicago, When the Greeks Ruled: Egypt After Alexander the Great, October 31, 2013 - July 27, 2014; traveled to New York, NY, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, October 8, 2014 - January 4, 2015.
Art Institute of Chicago, Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, Feb. 11, 2022 - present.

The Art Institute of Chicago, acquired in 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Robert H. Fleming.

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