earrings
Object NameEarring
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1300 BCE
Place MadeNew Kingdom Egypt
Techniquecore-formed, trail-decorated, tooled
SizeOverall D: 2.1 cm
Accession Number59.1.44
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Egypt's Golden Age
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent turquoise glass, bubbly with some scale, translucent medium blue glass, opaque white and opaque yellow glass, some surface dulling and pitting, otherwise unweathered; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Penannular earring, heavy trail of translucent turquoise glass heated around a circular core and finished with two vertical loops opposing each other at either end, along the outer circumference is a small coil of opaque white glass spirally decorated with a trail of medium blue.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
1400-1350 BCE
1350-1225 BCE
1400-1085 BCE
about 450-650
25 BCE-99 CE