Not currently on display at the V&A

Pendant

c.2550 BC - c.1292 BC (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
Egypt (made)
Deir el-Bahari (found)

Mould-made, glazed composition pendant in the form of a cornflower (centaurea cyanus), with a green body, blue head and blue suspension loop.



Object details

Category
Africa
Object type
Pendant
Materials and techniques
Glazed composition
Glazing
Brief description
Cornflower pendant, blue and green glazed composition, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt, New Kingdom, probably mid-Dynasty Eighteen
Physical description
Mould-made, glazed composition pendant in the form of a cornflower (centaurea cyanus), with a green body, blue head and blue suspension loop.

Dimensions
  • Height: 1.7cm
  • Greatest width width: 0.7cm
Styles
ANCIENT
Eighteenth Dynasty
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Gallery label
Found at Deir-el-Bahri during 1904-05 excavations
Credit line
Given by the Egypt Exploration Fund
Object history
Found at Deir el-Bahari, 1904-5 excavation season.
Bibliographic references
  • G. Pinch, Votive Offerings to Hathor (Oxford, 1993): 282.
  • B. Adams, Egyptian Objects in the Victoria and Albert Museum (Warminster, 1977): 37
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
658-1905

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1750/pendant-unknown/
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