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Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Eye Inlay
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Eye Inlay

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
MediumSclera = bone Iris = clear glass over black paint (?) Gold leaf
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions9/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/4 in., 5 g (1.4 x 3.2 x 0.7 cm, 3/16 oz.)
Object number2018.010.996
ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France, May 28, 1974. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
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Mask from a Corn Osiris
722-332 BCE
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Pair of Inlay Eyes
ca. 1st century BCE-1st century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Eye Inlay
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
Pair of Eye Inlays
722-525 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Inlay with Human Figurine
late 2nd-mid 7th Century CE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Heart Amulet
722-332 BCE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Eye Inlay
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Inlay or Game Piece
2nd-3rd Century CE
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Eye Inlay
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Eye Inlay
© Bruce M. White, 2006.
Furniture Fitting with a Sphinx Trampling a Nubian
7th Century BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2008.
Initial D with St. Bartholomew
San Vito Illuminator
late 15th Century