ID: 700000529 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000529	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Gazelle (sculpture (visual works); unknown Ancient Egyptian; ca. 1390–1353 BCE; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 26.7.1292; )

Note: This delicate ivory gazelle stands on a wooden pedestal with inlaid decoration depicting plants that allude to its semi-desert habitat. The gazelle has its head erect and appears alert, as though sensing danger. Egyptian artists were keen observers of the world and produced many naturalistic images of the creatures around them. The gazelle's ears have broken off and the horns, made separately and probably of another material, are missing.

Titles:

Gazelle (preferred,C,U,D,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1390–1353 BCE

Creator Display:

unknown Ancient Egyptian [preferred,VP]

sculptor unknown Ancient Egyptian (Ancient Egyptian cultural designation) [500202838]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 26.7.1292

Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926

Address Note: On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 119

Display Materials: Elephant ivory, wood, blue-pigment inlay

	ivory (material) [300011857]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, combination inorganic/organic animal material, <bone and bone components materials>, bone (material), <bone by form as material>, <tooth and tooth components as materials>, <tooth components as material>, dentin (material))

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	inlay (process) [300053850]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: H. 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in); w. 10 cm (3 15/16 in)

Cultures:

Ancient Egyptian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Eighteenth Dynasty (Egyptian) [300020355] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Egyptian (ancient), Egyptian periods, New Kingdom (Egyptian))

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	gazelle [300250197]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order), Bovidae (family)) (AAT)

Provenance: Formerly Carnarvon Collection (acquired before 1923). Purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Almina, Countess of Carnarvon, 1926.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Gazelle	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 22 May 2012

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 31 January 2017