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Min of Koptos, God of Fruitfulness and Increase
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Min of Koptos, God of Fruitfulness and Increase

Artist/Maker (Artist Unknown)
Date688-399 BCE
Mediumbronze
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in. (18.7 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. C. Ruxton Love
Terms
    Object number57.141.000
    DescriptionAncient Egyptian figurative sculpture, large and small, was governed by a fixed canon of proportion. While posture was always formal and stiff, faces, which were rarely individualized, exhibited serenity and calm. These characteristics constituted an aesthetic ideal for 3,000 years. Min, god of fertility and sexuality, was sometimes depicted, as he is here, as a pharaoh, wearing a crown made of feathers and holding a flail.
    On View
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bamileke people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    after 1910 (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Deborah Butterfield
    1991
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Ambrogio Bergognone
    ca. 1520s
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Irene Rice Pereira
    1934
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 525-500 BCE