Werkstätten orientalisierender Keramik auf Rhodos (1957)
perhaps for a suspension chain
over the following two centuries
Strung on an 18K yellow gold chain that can be adjusted up to 18 inches
2000 Aboriginal Art Select Works
An Egyptian Bronze Situla, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664 - 525 BCE Gaming Pieces Werkstätten orientalisierender Keramik auf RhodosFinely cast using the lost wax method, this fine, tapering vessel features a rolled rim, and rounded bottom with a knobbed base. It is decorated in raised relief, the upper register with two solar barques symbolizing the journey into the afterlife, the wide central register with a priest, incised text above, making an offering to a procession of deities, making offerings to a procession of deities, including Isis with cow horn crown, Nephthys, and