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Apr 19, 2007
Fragment of an Inlay Headdress
Fragment of an Inlay Headdress
c. 1353–1295 BC
Egypt, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18
(1540-1296 BC)
Lavender blue faience with deep blue overglaze
Overall: 6.7 x 7.7 x 2.8 cm (2 5/8 x 3 1/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1976
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It has been suggested that this fragment was part of a headdress that belonged to a queen. The fine, carved details of this headdress attest to the great skill of its maker and the luster of the blue lapis lazuli faience would have been appropriate for Egyptian royalty.
Description
This fragment is part of the curled headdress of an inlay figure, probably of a queen, assembled of various materials fit together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. The front part of the headdress (directly over the forehead) is to the left, followed by the ear tab and part of the cutout above the ear. The luster of the faience is marvelously preserved. Blue, primarily associated with lapis lazuli, was an appropriate color for kings' and gods' hair and was part of the apparatus signaling them as otherworldly beings.
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