Handle of a Cosmetic Spoon in the Form of a Leopard

Handle of a Cosmetic Spoon in the Form of a Leopard

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This fragment originally formed the handle of a cosmetic spoon. Carved from Egyptian alabaster, it depicts a leaping feline. It was excavated by the Museum at the site of Malqata in western Thebes.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.