Inlay of a Falcon

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description The inlay represents a falcon depicted without many details. Glass was used in Egypt not before the Thutmosidic Period. This piece is somewhat crude and may either belong to one of the first test examples or was created by an inexperienced glass maker.

Exhibitions

3000 Years of Glass: Treasures from The Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1982.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

1450- 730 BC (New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period)

Medium

dark blue glass
(Glasswares)

Accession Number

47.179

Measurements

H: 1 3/8 x W: 1 3/16 x D: 1/8 in. (3.54 x 3.08 x 0.34 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View