TWO EGYPTIAN GLASS PENANNULAR EARRINGS

NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1307 B.C

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TWO EGYPTIAN GLASS PENANNULAR EARRINGS
new kingdom, 1550-1307 b.c
Both of dark blue formed into an open-ended circle, the perimeter of the hoop opaque yellow with dark blue bands, both with opaque yellow vertical loops at each end, one with blue bands on the loops
1 in. (2.5 cm) wide (2)

Lot Essay

Similar glass earrings were found at the palace of Amenhotep III at Malkata, at Amarna, and in the tomb of Tutankhamen. See nos. 207a & b in Brovarski, et al., Egypt's Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom and nos. 130-131 in Goldstein, Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.

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