Funerary figure of Qebehsenuef

Unknown

1100–332 BC · Glass, precious metal · Egyptian Art

These elaborate composite glass figures of the Four Sons of Horus also show traces of gilding. The date of the figures is quite uncertain. They are likely to be pre-Ptolemaic given the strongly sectional use of color, but until a careful study is done of the style of such figures through time more cannot be said with any certainty.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1100–332 BC

Medium

Glass, precious metal

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926