Rosette from a Wall Decoration

Place of OriginEgypt

Date20th Dynasty , about 1175 BCE.

DimensionsDiam: 1 3/8 in (3.5 cm)

MediumBlue-gray, white and yellow faience.

ClassificationArchitectural Elements

Credit LineGift of Henry W. Wilhelm

Object number

1927.139

Not on View

Published ReferencesGrose, David, "Ancient Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 20, no. 3, Toledo Museum of Art, 1978, p. 70, fig. 1.Comparative ReferencesSee also Transactions of the Society for Biblical Archaeology, vol. 7, 1882, pl. VI and p. 190.

cf. Petrie, W.M.F. The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt, Edinburgh and London, 1909, p. 112, fig. 117.

cf. Hölscher, Uvo, The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, part II, Oriental Institute Publications 55, Chicago, 1951, p. 44, pl. 38c.

cf. Riefstahl, Elizabeth, Ancient Egyptian Glass and Glazes in the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 1968, p. 49, no. 48, ill., p. 103, no. 48.

cf. Freiburg, Germany, Galerie Günter Puhze, Kunst der Antike, katalog 6, 1985, no. 360-362.