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Source Description
One ring of this pair has a slender hoop attached to a lentoid bezel on which opposing lotus blossoms with petals of alternating dark and light blue glass are cut and set into gold cloisons. The cloisons between the petals are filled with white glass with purple specks. Lotus blossoms were a popular motif and symbolized regeneration.The other is a triple ring attached to the back plate of the bezel. A cluster of five wires bent over the outside of the hoop from which golden petals spring to frame the two lotus blossoms of the bezel. The blossoms are made from lapis lazuli and carnelian set into gold cloisons.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
77938
label
Two Rings with Lotus Flowers
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.77 (57.1474, 57.1475)
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
77938
sourceUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.77 (57.1474, 57.1475)
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Two Rings with Lotus Flowers
description
One ring of this pair has a slender hoop attached to a lentoid bezel on which opposing lotus blossoms with petals of alternating dark and light blue glass are cut and set into gold cloisons. The cloisons between the petals are filled with white glass with purple specks. Lotus blossoms were a popular motif and symbolized regeneration.The other is a triple ring attached to the back plate of the bezel. A cluster of five wires bent over the outside of the hoop from which golden petals spring to frame the two lotus blossoms of the bezel. The blossoms are made from lapis lazuli and carnelian set into gold cloisons.
provenance
57.1474: Maurice Nahman, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.57.1475: Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1400-1200 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.77 (57.1474, 57.1475)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
finger rings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.9
height
2.1
depth
0.9
dimensionsRaw
3/4 x 13/16 x 3/8 in. (1.9 x 2.1 x 0.9 cm);5/8 x 11/16 x 3/8 in. (1.6 x 1.7 x 1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
2nd half 18th-19th Dynasty
med
gold with glass, lapis lazuli, and carnelian inlay
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
JWL
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
8b2be8d901970dd6