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| Keywords: Egyptian - Vase in the Shape of a Duck - Walters 48421 - Profile.jpg Egyptian faience is a composite material composed of ground quartz and natron sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate Most faience is glazed in a vivid blue or green color; the polychrome faience seen here is much more complicated to produce The duck was mold-made together with the remains of its ring handle on the bird's left side The surface of the body displays a raised dot pattern while the end of the wings have a feather pattern The form may have been inspired by the red-figure duck vases of Etruria and south Italy The duck is depicted with such detailed naturalism that the underside even has delicately modeled webbed feet century 3 2 BC Greco-Roman faience with polychrome glaze cm 8 5 18 7 95 accession number 48 421 5166 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 From Alexander to Cleopatra Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 place of origin Alexandria Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek art in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Works of Greco-Roman Egypt Duck-shaped objects Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
