Dear participant,
we would kindly ask you to participate in a survey that will help us improve this website in order to create more value for customers like you. We’re interested in your personal opinion. It should take no more than 7 minutes. You will remain completely anonymous and the data will be used only for this research.
If you have any questions about this survey please contact info.web@khm.at.
We value your time your feedback! The Team of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
11th–12th Dynasty, ca. 2000 BC , Presumably from Thebes
Statuettes depicting hippopotami, symbolic of regeneration in the hereafter, were popular grave goods that were placed close to the mummy in the coffin. Plants and animals characteristic of the marshes where the hippo lived are depicted on its body. The king’s ritual hippopotamus hunt symbolized his victory over the forces of chaos with which the animal had been associated since primeval times.
Statuette
Ägyptisch
Middle Kingdom
11th–12th Dynasty, ca. 2000 BC
Faience, greenish-blue glaze, painted
H 10,5 cm, L 20,7 cm, B 7,5 cm, G 1138 g
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 4211
1878, acquired with the Miramar Collection
Permalink (citable Link) to this page: www.khm.at/en/object/323860/
Art sponsorship ASSIGNED
Thank you for your engagement.
Many art treasures are lookin for a patron.