Egyptian
Inlay Depicting the Face of a King
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EgyptianPtolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
Inlay Depicting the Face of a King
Egyptian →ptolemaiclate period (egyptian)egyptianancientinlayglass
Date
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
2 × 1.3 × 0.5 cm (3/4 × 1/2 × 3/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
Figures of the king or the gods made of pieces of brightly colored glass appeared about 1350 B.C. and continued to be made into the Ptolemaic period. The color follows the tradition in Egyptian art of depicting the skin of men as red.
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