Object Title
Relief of Men Sharpening a Knife
Measurements
40 x 18.1 x 3.8 cm
Creation Date
2435-2152 BCE
Credit Line
Charlotte Lichirie Collection of Egyptian Art by exchange
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12396/relief-of-men-sharpening-a-knife?ctx=a6aa6bc43d6446fcd253baeda1b58aebbcfd64d6&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
With Sotheby's London, 21 May 1992, lot 85. Ex private collection, New York, acquired from Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022) [Royal-Athena Galleries]], New York, New York, 1994. Purchased through partial exchange by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Exhibition Information
From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006;
Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011;
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - Present
Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011;
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - Present
Publication Information
Sotheby's London, Antiquities (21st May 1992), 14, plate X, lot 85.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Purchased by museum in 2005.