<em>Earrings in Form of Ducks</em>, ca. 1390–1292 B.C.E. Glass, 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. (2.3 x 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Michel Abemayor, 50.92a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.92a-b_erg456.jpg)

Earrings in Form of Ducks, ca. 1390–1292 B.C.E. Glass, 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. (2.3 x 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Michel Abemayor, 50.92a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.92a-b_erg456.jpg)

Earrings in Form of Ducks, ca. 1390–1292 B.C.E. Glass, 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. (2.3 x 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Michel Abemayor, 50.92a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.50.92b_NegID_50.92a-bGRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

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Earrings in Form of Ducks

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

Jewelry

Glass and faience were both difficult materials for making jewelry.

Eighteenth Dynasty artisans frequently created glass reproductions of traditional metal and stone forms. These early glassworkers, still perfecting their skills, often reduced intricate details like inscriptions to simple lines.

Late Eighteenth Dynasty faiencemanufacturers produced mold-made rings inscribed with royal names. Because these pieces were too fragile to have been worn, they were most likely distributed as royal keepsakes at state occasions.

MEDIUM Glass

Place Made: Egypt

DATES ca. 1390–1292 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. (2.3 x 3.2 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 50.92a-b

CREDIT LINE Gift of Michel Abemayor

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Pair of earrings in the form of standing ducks with heads turned backwards. Bodies of opaque red glass imitating jasper. Legs apparently of limestone attached to bodies with dark green substance. Underside of necks grooved, apparently to receive small bars to which suspension loops presumably attached. Condition: Both specimens broken at neck and mended.

EXHIBITIONS

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Earrings in Form of Ducks, ca. 1390–1292 B.C.E. Glass, 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. (2.3 x 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Michel Abemayor, 50.92a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.50.92a-b_erg456.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.50.92a-b_erg456.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 9/5/2007

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