Coffin of Khnumnakht
Image
Description:
Quail chick
Phonogram:
w
Sign No.:
G43
Date:
Middle Kingdom
Type:
Coffin
Provenance:
Meir
Technique
Appearance:
FinishedPolychrome
Colors:
BlackPinkRedWhite
Stylistic notes:
The sign shows the common Quail chick (Coturnix coturnix).
Color notes:
Head and back pink, with black outline of head, eye, back and wing, red and black markings on wing; breast white; eye, beak, legs and feet, tail feathers, outline of breast and legs red.
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Image source:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544326)
(https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544326)