Faceted Barrel Beads
ca. 1390-1353 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Although faience appears in various colors, blue was the most common. The blue of lapis lazuli was so valued that it was imitated in this more affordable form while retaining the same symbolic meaning. From its early manufacture, faience was shaped into beads, with the finest faience work appearing in the New Kingdom.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- Faience
- Medium
- faience
- Dynasty
- late Dynasty 18
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dimensions
- Diam. of bead 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (0.7 x 37.5 cm) as mounted: 7 × 6 × 1/4 in. (17.8 × 15.2 × 0.6 cm)
- Accession Number
- 48.66.39
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Infinite Blue
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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