1999.254: Frog Statuette
Sculpture
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1999.254
- Title
- Frog Statuette
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- statuette, sculpture
- Date
- c. 2000 BCE
- Culture
- Near Eastern
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/190988
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Possibly sandstone
- Dimensions
- 7 x 8 cm (2 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Mr. Peter Neuman.
Originally a part of collection of Mrs. Elsa Schmid (mother of donor).
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann
- Accession Year
- 1999
- Object Number
- 1999.254
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- This stone form represents a frog with its legs out to each side. Two large eyes protrude and there is a triangualr snout. A curved mouth is indicated underneath the snout. From Egypt or Anatolia.
Verification Level
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