File:EB1911 Jewelry - Egypt XIIth Dynasty pectoral (1).jpg

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English: Gold pectoral worked à jour (with the interstices left open); on the front side it is inlaid with coloured stones, the fine cloisons being the only portion of the gold that is visible; on the back, the gold surfaces are most delicately carved, in low relief

Date

published 1911

Source

Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 15, 1911, “Jewelry,” p. 364, Fig. 2.

Author

Memphite jewellers of Egypt's XIIth Dynasty; drawing author unknown

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