Beard from a large statue
Unknown
ca. 1070–664 B.C. · cupreous alloy, glass or vitreous material, gold leaf · Egyptian Art
Divine beards were plaited, and the dark hair of the gods was equated to deep blue lapis lazuli. This bronze beard inlaid with dark blue glass must derived from a very large statue of a god that might have been made entirely of bronze or perhaps of wood with bronze fittings.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1070–664 B.C.
- Medium
- cupreous alloy, glass or vitreous material, gold leaf
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
