inlay

Object NameAnkh inlay

Made FromGlass

Date99 BCE-99 CE

Place Madeprobably Egypt

Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique

SizeOverall H: 1 cm, W: 9 mm, Th: 2.5 mm

Accession Number52.1.18

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionAnkh Inlay. Canes of opaque white and opaque red in translucent medium blue, slightly bubbly and pitted, some brown incrustation on sides; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Slice of a roughly square rod with chip on lower right-hand corner preserving on a blue ground an elaborate white Ankh symbol with red infill and on either side a Was-scepter with a head of the god Seth as a terminal, the details of the eye, mouth and ears are picked out in blue on the white ground; a more colorful collar and pedestal are heavily devitrified as well as two small areas above the top of the Ankh symbol.
Provenance

Source Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC - 1952-02-04

Former Collection M. A. Mansoor