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Fniger ring
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten
1353–1336 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height x length of bezel: 1.8 x 2 cm (11/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number57.444
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Rings
DescriptionFinger ring with bezel decorated with a lotus flower and two buds. Mold made.
[Alternate Text:]
The New Kingdom (1570-1070 B.C.) saw a great flowering of the jeweler's art as improvements in the manufacture of faience (a quartz bodied ceramic) combined with the invention of glass-making to produce a dazzling variety of ornaments in new forms and colors.
[Alternate Text:]
The New Kingdom (1570-1070 B.C.) saw a great flowering of the jeweler's art as improvements in the manufacture of faience (a quartz bodied ceramic) combined with the invention of glass-making to produce a dazzling variety of ornaments in new forms and colors.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt. Luigi Vassalli Collection (1812-1887); by 1957: Horace L. Mayer Collection; 1957: gift of Horace L. Mayer.