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| Keywords: Egyptian - Shrine Shaped Plaque - Walters 4290 - Top.jpg This unusual faience pectoral has scenes carved on the front face the back is blank In the top register two worshippers in short shendyts stand before a table of offerings set before the seated Osiris; in the bottom register a man stands in a boat while another poles it along Birds are perched on the papyrus blossoms at either end of the craft The combination of the motifs the style of the figures and the unfunctional holes on the back indicate that this object was produced in the late 19th or early 20th century late 19th-20th century Egyptian faience with blue glaze cm 7 99 5 66 0 54 accession number 42 90 32182 Hadji Mohassab Luxor date and mode of acquisition unknown Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian plaques in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian pectorals in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
