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Egyptian Woman

DateAncient
MediumLapis lazuli, gold mounting (inscribed "R"), with banded agate and enamel
ClassificationGems
ProvenanceCollection of Pulszky; Emile Gavet, Paris (cat. #874), approximately 1870s-1880s; sold to Mr. and Mrs. William K. and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, Gothic Room, Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island, 1889-1982; transfered to Mrs. Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt Belmont in divorce; purchased by John Ringling, 1928, lot 148; bequest to The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1936
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN1435.22
On View
On view
Location
  • Museum of Art, Gallery 03, Case Right, Case Right Row 2
Dimensions2 1/16 x 1 x 1/4 in. (5.3 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm)
Minerva
Ancient
Warrior
Ancient
City Gate
Ancient
Griffin
Ancient
Mirror
Unknown, Italian
First half of the 16th Century
Settee
c. 1790
Settee
ca. 1790