Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Barakat Gallery is an antiquities dealership with locations in London, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Seoul. [1] Barakat is considered to have one of the largest collection of ancient art for sale in the world, and one of the largest collections in private hands, at around 40,000 items with total valuation of over $1.5 billion USD according to several sources.
Due to the ushabti's commonness through all Egyptian time periods, and world museums' desire to represent ancient Egyptian art objects, the ushabti is one of the most commonly represented objects in Egyptology displays. Produced in huge numbers, ushabtis, along with scarabs, are the most numerous of all ancient Egyptian antiquities to survive.
Stick shabtis had a different purpose to most of the normal ushabtis. While ushabtis were most often placed into the burial chamber and had the function to work for the deceased, stick shabtis were always found in the overground cult chapel of Egyptian tombs, only at Thebes. They are often placed into roughly carved model coffins.
Similarly, an amethyst beaded necklace from ancient Rome estimated to be from 1st century B.C. to 1st century A.D. is expected to fetch $6,000 to $8,000, far below the cost of a trendy 10-motif ...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA: More than 1,600 artifacts [50] Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France: 1,500 artifacts [51] Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA: More than 1,400 artifacts [52] Museu Egipci de Barcelona , Barcelona, Spain: 1,100 artifacts
Jewelry designers have had a long-standing case of Egyptomania. Now, a rare opportunity to see some of the best examples of it up-close.
Egyptian faience is a sintered-quartz ceramic material from Ancient Egypt. The sintering process "covered [the material] with a true vitreous coating" as the quartz underwent vitrification , creating a bright lustre of various colours "usually in a transparent blue or green isotropic glass".
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us