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Pectoral with heart amulet

1352–1186 B.C.
Medium/TechniquePolychrome faience
DimensionsHeight x length: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWalter and Celia Gilbert Acquisition Fund for Ancient Egyptian Art
Accession number2014.857.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBetween 1895 and 1898, found at Abydos, Egypt, by Emile Amélineau (b. 1850 – d. 1915), Châteaudun, France; February 8-9, 1904, Amélineau sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 55. 1925, A. Caron; December 9-11, 1925, Caron collection sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 13. Before 1980, Robert Monier, France. 1985, acquired by Charles Bouché (b. 1928 – d. 2010), France; October 24, 2012, posthumous Bouché collection sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 11. By 2013, Rupert Wace Fine Art, London; 2014, sold by Rupert Wace to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)
Broadcollar elements
1349–1336 B.C.
Beads and amulets
1550–1070 B.C.
String of beads
30 B.C.–A.D. 337
Rosette inlay
1295–1186 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1184–1153 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1184–1153 B.C.
View: 1979.580b
1184–1153 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1184–1153 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1295–1186 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1295–1186 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1295–1186 B.C.