Box-form ornament with granulation and filagree

Unknown

6th–4th century BC · Gold · Egyptian Art

This box with its elaborate decoration has a circular opening in the center of the top filled with an elaborate flower. Two holes in the sides allow it to be attached to a chain. The extensive granulation indicates it is probably pre-Ptolemaic.

Artist

Unknown

Date

6th–4th century BC

Medium

Gold

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1923