Inlay of a Falcon

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description This is a representation of a falcon and was probably used as an inlay.

Exhibitions

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

Provenance Maurice Nahman, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

4th-1st century BC (Late Period-Ptolemaic)

Medium

blue glass
(Glasswares)

Accession Number

47.290

Measurements

H: 1 3/16 x D: 1 3/16 in. (3.08 x 0.05 x 2.94 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View