plaque
Object NamePlaque (Scarab)
Artist
Zakaria Sadek El-Konani
(Egyptian, b. 1920)
Made FromGlass
Date1975
Place MadeEgypt, Cairo
TechniqueSeveral layers slumped into open mold
SizeOverall H: 19.5 cm, W: 22.5 cm
Accession Number76.3.40
Credit LineGift of Zakaria El-Konani
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionColorless with overlays of transparent light blue, translucent dark blue, and translucent yellow with brown streaks; several layers slumped into open mold. Plaque: heart-shaped. Decorated with dark blue beetle in low relief, seen from above, facing top; front limbs extended to grasp yellow disk with brown streaks; areas between limbs and head are also yellow, as are areas between back limbs; on either side of beetle and extended upward on either side of disk, open "wings" with many feathers (beetle's wing-cases are folded).Provenance
Source
Zakaria Sadek El-Konani
(Egyptian, b. 1920) - 1976-11-08
