About the Artwork
Pair Statue of Mery and his wife Saty
between 1390 and 1350 BC
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Carved limestone
Overall: 13 5/16 × 7 3/8 × 6 1/2 inches (33.9 × 18.7 × 16.5 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Bloom Fund, Cleo and Lester Gruber Fund, Donna Jacobs Memorial Fund, Ancient Art General Fund, Antiquaries Fund, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, Abraham Borman Family Fund, Mary Martin Semmes Fund, Edna Burian Skelton Fund, Joseph H. Parsons Fund, Deroy General Acquisition Fund, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, with funds from Tariq and Helen Daoud, Stanford C. Stoddard, Marjorie M. Fisher, William and Janis Wetsman, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Eisenberg, Lewis and Dorothy Barnes and the Volunteer Committee
2001.127
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
(Christie's South Kensington, London, England)
October 5, 2000, purchased by (Charles Ede, Ltd., London, England)
2001-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Peck, William H. “The Standard-Bearer Mery and His Wife Sati: An Egyptian Pair Statue from the Time of Amenhotep III.” Bulletin of the DIA 79, no. 1/2 (2005): pp. 12–19.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Egyptian, Pair Statue of Mery and his wife Saty, between 1390 and 1350 BC, carved limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, William H. Murphy Fund, Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Bloom Fund, et al., 2001.127.
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