Provenance: Daniel Becker
By the mid-first century CE
characteristic of the transitional aesthetic between Geometric and Classical Greek metalwork
This pendant was made from a mold taken directly from the original in the collection of the Egyptian Museum
Provenance: Thilo and Izora Steinschulte private collection
Group of five Egyptian Red Glass Penannular Earrings and Hair Rings, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1550-1295 BCE Jewelry - Earrings Provenance: Daniel BeckerA rare and cohesive assemblage of five penannular ornaments, each formed from thick red glass canes that have been carefully bent into a distinctive C shape. The group is graduated in size, ranging from 3 8 to 3 4 inches in diameter, with three smaller examples and two larger. The glass is of a deep, saturated red hue, deliberately chosen to imitate red jasper, a material highly prized in the New Kingdom for both its aesthetic appeal and symbolic