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    "localId": "152144",
    "label": "Cosmetic Vessel (Beaker)",
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    "id": "152144",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Cosmetic Vessel (Beaker)",
    "description": "Both ancient Egyptian men and women loved cosmetics. Unguents, oils, and perfumes made from aromatic plant resins and gums were obtained at great cost from distant lands. The objects identified with cosmetics were given lavish treatment. This luxurious obsidian and gold beaker hints at the precious contents it once held.",
    "date": "c. 1859–1814 BCE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.107",
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    "language": "en",
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        "Vessels"
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); Overall: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); Diameter of base: 2.6 cm (1 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Egypt, Middle Kingdom (2040–1648 BCE), Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat III (1860–1814 BCE)"
    ],
    "accession": "1985.107"
}

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    "tec": "obsidian and gold",
    "tombstone": "Cosmetic Vessel (Beaker), c. 1859–1814 BCE. Egypt, Middle Kingdom (2040–1648 BCE), Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat III (1860–1814 BCE). Obsidian and gold; diameter: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); overall: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); diameter of base: 2.6 cm (1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1985.107",
    "collection": "Egypt - Middle Kingdom",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Kozloff, Arielle P. “Egyptian Stone Vessels in Cleveland.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 8 (October 1986): 327–339.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 331-332, figs. 13-14",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159955"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 161, color p. 50; Mentioned: p. 161"
        }
    ],
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    "creditline": "Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:51:48.538000",
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    "sourceId": 152144,
    "dept": "Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art",
    "coll": "Egypt - Middle Kingdom",
    "med": "obsidian and gold",
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}

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