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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)
Beads from a broadcollar
1550–1070 B.C.
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.
Group shot (L to R): 85.577, 88.1011-2, 88.1016-7, 12.692, 57.417, 1979.575, 1979.580a-b, 1979.…
1184–1153 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 85.577, 88.1011-2, 88.1016-7, 12.692, 57.417, 1979.575, 1979.580a-b, 1979.…
1184–1153 B.C.
View: 1979.580a
1184–1153 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1184–1153 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1295–1186 B.C.
Group shot (L to R): 85.577, 88.1011-2, 88.1016-7, 12.692, 57.417, 1979.575, 1979.580a-b, 1979.…
1295–1186 B.C.
Rosette inlay
1295–1186 B.C.