Desiccated Fruits and Nuts
In 1923, Henry Walters purchased an ancient wooden box that served as a model coffin. Inside the box was a group of fruit that dried out long ago and were preserved in Egypt's arid climate: dom-palm nuts, figs, and pomegranates, with their distinctive blossom-end.
Artifact
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95143
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contentType
object
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Rev. William MacGregor Collection Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1922; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_62.1_Fnt_SL_T.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_62.1_Fnt_SL_T.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_62.1_Fnt_SL_T.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/62.1.2 |
Terms
Medium
dried fruit
Genre
dry fruit
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