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| Keywords: Egyptian - Two Rings with Lotus Flowers - Walters 571474, 571475 - Group.jpg 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 between 1400 1200 BC New Kingdom gold with glass lapis lazuli and carnelian inlay cm 1 9 2 1 0 9 ; cm 1 6 1 7 1 accession number 57 1474 57 1475 77938 57 1474 Maurice Nahman Cairo date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest 57 1475 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 57 1474 1913 57 1475 place of origin Roman Empire Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Ancient Egyptian lotus | ||||
