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Inlay Depicting the Face of a King
Created Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
Curatorial Overview
“Figures of the king or the gods made of pieces of brightly colored glass appeared about 1350 B.C. and continued to be made into the Ptolemaic period. The color follows the tradition in Egyptian art of depicting the skin of men as red.”
Object Details
MediumGlass
Dimensions2 × 1.3 × 0.5 cm (3/4 × 1/2 × 3/16 in.)
Archive / MuseumThe Art Institute of Chicago
Credit LineGift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
Curatorial Affinity Stream
Continuing the Universe of Egyptian
ptolemaic • Egypt • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries
Continuous Discovery