About this artwork
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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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of Africa
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Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
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Title
- Inlay Depicting the Face of a King
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Place
- Egypt (Object made in)
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Date
- 700 BCE–1 BCE
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Medium
- Glass
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Dimensions
- 2 × 1.3 × 0.5 cm (3/4 × 1/2 × 3/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
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Reference Number
- 1892.170
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/631/manifest.json
Extended information about this artwork
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