Amulet
Date: Late 19th or first decade of 20th century
Dimensions:
H: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Medium: glass
Place of Origin: Probably Egypt
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1923.227
DescriptionFigure of a divinity with hawk head (?). Opaque cobalt blue glass striated with opaque glass of various colors.
Long, roughly rectangular plaque, probably simulating an amulet. Upperside convex, underside flat but uneven. Randomly streaked in blue, opaque red, opaque white, and opaque yellow. On the upper surface, the molded figure of a donkey-headed mummy, in profile facing left, with a staff in its hand. Mold-pressed polychrome mosaic glass; cast in an open, one-piece mold.
Long, roughly rectangular plaque, probably simulating an amulet. Upperside convex, underside flat but uneven. Randomly streaked in blue, opaque red, opaque white, and opaque yellow. On the upper surface, the molded figure of a donkey-headed mummy, in profile facing left, with a staff in its hand. Mold-pressed polychrome mosaic glass; cast in an open, one-piece mold.
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