Cosmetic dish in the shape of a dog

Cosmetic dish in the shape of a dog

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This spoon, intended for use as a cosmetic holder, is also a very skilled representation of a dog at rest. The artist, working with a very thin piece of bone, has managed to create the illusion of a sculpture in the round. The spoon side clearly represents the dog's left side, while the back of the spoon is the animal's right side. Another cosmetic spoon in the collection (44.4.55) represents a mouse in a similar fashion.

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.