Shrine with a Female Figure

1st century BC (Ptolemaic)

3.3 cm 9 cm 1.2 cm

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The motif of a female figure in an Egyptian-style shrine probably derives from New Kingdom representations of naked women lying on beds. They were associated with fertility, as well as with protection for the mother and child.

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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