Pectoral
1783–1550 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueGold and silver with inlays of carnelian and glass
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 11.2 x 36.5 x 0.5 cm (4 7/16 x 14 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Credit LineEgyptian Special Purchase Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund
Accession number1981.159
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Provenance1858, sold by a dealer near Thebes, Egypt to George Alfred Stone, Roxbury, MA and Brooklyn, NY; 1873, sold by Mr. Stone's wife to John W. Garrett (b. 1820 - d. 1884), Baltimore; given by Mr. Garrett to Lafayette College, Easton, PA; about 1979, stolen from Skillman Library at Lafayette College. December 11, 1980, consigned anonymously, through John T. Granger (dealer), Tinicum, PA, to Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, unsold; 1981, sold by John Granger, through Sotheby Parke-Bernet, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 10, 1981)
NOTE: In 1992, title transferred from Lafayette College to MFA as through agreement reached in April 1992.
NOTE: In 1992, title transferred from Lafayette College to MFA as through agreement reached in April 1992.
525–330 B.C.
1070–712 B.C.
1295–1186 B.C.
1070–660 B.C.
1st–2nd century A.D.
Early 2nd century B.C.
945–712 B.C.
1295–1186 B.C.
