Middle Kingdom Alabaster Jar - CK.0194 Origin: Egypt Circa: 2200 BC to 1800 BC Dimensions: 1.75" (4.4cm) high x 1.675" (4.3cm) wide Collection: Egyptian  More »

Middle Kingdom Alabaster Jar - CK.0194 Origin: Egypt Circa: 2200 BC to 1800 BC Dimensions: 1.75" (4.4cm) high x 1.675" (4.3cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Style: Middle Kingdom Medium: Alabaster   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1600 BC to 1100 BC Dimensions: 1" (2.5cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: New Kingdom Medium: Glass Throughout history, in almost every ancient  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1600 BC to 1100 BC Dimensions: 1" (2.5cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: New Kingdom Medium: Glass Throughout history, in almost every ancient culture, the spindle whorl has been a common domestic object. Elegant and abstract, these little objects were used to weight wool while it was being spun into thread. Common to most every civilization, these charming weights were often buried as a grave gift with their owners. Though their shape tended to remain uniform, spindle whorls can be found in a variety of materials including stone, bronze, gold, glass and bone. In the classical world, even the most respectable women carded and spun wool; it was considered the duty of a good matron. Spindle whorls are still used today in parts of Eastern Europe and the Middle East. We can imagine this whorl dancing through the fingers of a beautiful woman as she laughed and gossiped with her friends. From such an artifact, handled on a daily basis by an ancient life, we are placed in intimate touch with a vanished age. - (GF.0294)   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1600 BC to 1100 BC Dimensions: 1.25" (3.2cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: New Kingdom Medium: Faience Throughout history, in almost every  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1600 BC to 1100 BC Dimensions: 1.25" (3.2cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: New Kingdom Medium: Faience Throughout history, in almost every ancient culture, the spindle whorl has been a common domestic object. Elegant and abstract, these little objects were used to weight wool while it was being spun into thread. Known to most every civilization, these charming weights were often buried as a grave gift with their owners. Though their shape tended to remain uniform, spindle whorls can be found in a variety of materials including stone, bronze, gold, glass and bone. In the classical world, even the most respectable women carded and spun wool; it was considered the duty of a good matron. Spindle whorls are still used today in parts of Eastern Europe and the Middle East. We can imagine this whorl dancing through the fingers of a beautiful Egyptian woman as she laughed and gossiped with her friends. From such an artifact, handled on a daily basis by an ancient life, we are place in intimate touch with a vanished age. - (GF.0304)   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1600 BC to 1300 BC Dimensions: 8.5" (21.6cm) high Catalogue: V6 Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Style: New Kingdom Medium: Faience This beautiful  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1600 BC to 1300 BC Dimensions: 8.5" (21.6cm) high Catalogue: V6 Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Style: New Kingdom Medium: Faience This beautiful Egyptian pilgrim flask epitomizes the ancient Egyptian artist's ability to combine material, form and function in a most aesthetically pleasing way. The handles form two delicately balanced loops that echo the curvilinear lines of the body. The lovely turquoise color has been enhanced over time, at once evidencing a subtle aging process and heightening the complexity of the finish. To own this charming vessel is to carry on a tradition of aesthetic appreciation that began thousands of years ago. - (GF.0309)   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1500 BC to 1300 BC Dimensions: 2.5" (6.4cm) high x 2.5" (6.4cm) wide Catalogue: V1 Collection: Egyptian Style: New Kingdom Medium: Faience This  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1500 BC to 1300 BC Dimensions: 2.5" (6.4cm) high x 2.5" (6.4cm) wide Catalogue: V1 Collection: Egyptian Style: New Kingdom Medium: Faience This delicate little vessel probably once contained cosmetics: oils to make the skin soft, or kohl to bring out the luster of dark eyes. Centuries ago, it was perhaps among the prized possessions of some ancient beauty, a lady such as we see laughing in the lively paintings of the New Kingdom. When we place our fingers where those ancient ones once rested, we are linked, magically, with the spirit of that long-vanished life. - (P.0591)   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1600 BC to 1100 BC Dimensions: 2" (5.1cm) high x 3" (7.6cm) wide x 2.625" (6.7cm) depth Collection: Egyptian Style: New Kindom Medium: Faience When  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1600 BC to 1100 BC Dimensions: 2" (5.1cm) high x 3" (7.6cm) wide x 2.625" (6.7cm) depth Collection: Egyptian Style: New Kindom Medium: Faience When we hold this elegant little frit (or faience) vessel in our hands we cannot help but wonder who might have held it just so centuries ago, and raised it to their lips to drink. Surely that long-vanished individual would have stopped to admire the purity of its form, the flower-like shape. For a moment, we are linked directly to that unknown person who lived during Egypt's Golden Age. - (PF.0043)   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1550 BC to 1300 BC Dimensions: 2.75" (7.0cm) high x 1.75" (4.4cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: New Kingdom Medium: Faience At the height of the  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1550 BC to 1300 BC Dimensions: 2.75" (7.0cm) high x 1.75" (4.4cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: New Kingdom Medium: Faience At the height of the Egyptian empire, this lovely vessel may have contained balms, perfumes or cosmetics. Originally colored sky blue, it was adorned with bold patterns in black. As we hold it today, we are aware of the touch of other hands long ago. Perhaps some dark-eyed beauty placed kohl or ground malachite on her eyelids from it. If we close our eyes, we can almost picture her at her toilette, laughing with her friends, anticipating some beloved. Such an object connects us in an intimate way with the world of the past. In its presence, we cross the bridge of time and set the imagination on a wondrous journey of discovery. - (PF.1650)   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1350 BC to 1250 BC Dimensions: 6.5" (16.5cm) high Catalogue: V25 Collection: Egyptian Style: New Kingdom Medium: Lapis Lazuli Wearing the conical  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1350 BC to 1250 BC Dimensions: 6.5" (16.5cm) high Catalogue: V25 Collection: Egyptian Style: New Kingdom Medium: Lapis Lazuli Wearing the conical shaped crown of the Pharaoh, Akhenaten is portrayed as a young man with fine facial features. He was known to have had an extremely long face, but here we see the cheeks following a lovely contour into the chin, a very delicate and sensuous mouth, refined nose and expressive eyes shown slightly beyond the brows, which curve into high cheek bones. Modelling of the neck, arms and chest is carefully rendered, revealing both a smoothness and slight tension of the neck muscles. Akhenaten was something of a religious reformer, reducing the pantheon of gods into one single god of the sun, and thus angering the powerful priestly caste. He stands out among the long list of Pharaohs as a man of great courage and conviction, while possessing sensitivity and culture. It is these qualities which are so beautifully captured in this superb sculpture. - (PF.5288)   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1550 BC to 1295 BC Collection: Egyptian Style: 18th Dynasty Medium: Faience Faience, which dates back to pre-dynastic times, of at least 5,000  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 1550 BC to 1295 BC Collection: Egyptian Style: 18th Dynasty Medium: Faience Faience, which dates back to pre-dynastic times, of at least 5,000 years, is a glasslike non-clay substance made of materials common to Egypt: ground quartz, crushed quartz pebbles, flint, a soluble salt-like baking soda, lime and ground copper, which provided the characteristic color. The dried objects went into kilns looking pale and colorless but emerged a sparkling "Egyptian blue." Called tjehnet by the ancient Egyptians, meaning that which is brilliant or scintillating, faience was thought to be filled with the undying light of the sun, moon and stars and was symbolic of rebirth. Ancient Egyptians believed the small blue-green objects helped prepare them for eternity in the afterlife. The body of this gorgeous turquoise-hued faience vessel has a cylindrical form that tapers downward and flares outwards at the base. The cylindrical jar is one of the most common forms of Egyptian containers that were first created in terracotta and later carved from stone. Generally, these types of vessels were used to contain valuable unguents, as is likely with this beautiful example. From the 6th Dynasty onwards, lids appeared. This ointment jar features an internally rimmed lid that fits securely into the mouth of the container. Thus, such jars were meant not only to hold, but also to preserve their precious contents. Considering the diminutive nature of this container, it most probably functioned specifically as a funerary offering, standing in place of its larger, everyday counterpart. Surely this interpretation would be in keeping with the luxury of the material and the presence of the text. Faience works were often interred with the deceased in order to provide for the afterlife, so that we would continue to be surrounded in the next world with the things we held dear in this one. - (X.0332)   « Less

Egyptian Hametite Frog - LO.1105 Origin: Egypt Circa: 1500 BC to 1100 BC Dimensions: 1" (2.5cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Art Style: New Kingdom Medium: Hametite

Egyptian Hametite Frog - LO.1105 Origin: Egypt Circa: 1500 BC to 1100 BC Dimensions: 1" (2.5cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Art Style: New Kingdom Medium: Hametite   « Less