PHOENICIO-EGYPTIAN GOLD SOLAR ROSETTE 3rd century BC A sheet-gold rosette comprising a lower disc of eight trapezoidal leaves and smaller central octofoil, beaded-wire collar to the centre surrounding a white ceramic boss; attachment loop to the reverse and old collector's label. 2.62 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Condition Extremely fine condition. Rare. Provenance From an important Mayfair, London, collection; acquired in 1986, with collection number 86.53.2 on the reverse. Footnotes Flowers were one of the most popular motifs used by the Egyptians, both in this life and the next, and they had associations with the sun, and thus rebirth. Both real flowers and those made from a variety of materials such as precious metal and a composite material known as faience, were used for decorative purposes in jewellery. A number of examples are known of rosettes decorating headbands, such as that from tomb 56 in the Valley of the Kings, as well as individual gold hair ornaments in the form of rosettes from the tomb of Senebtisy, and the head-dress belonging to one of the wives of Tuthmosis III.
PHOENICIO-EGYPTIAN GOLD SOLAR ROSETTE 3rd century BC A sheet-gold rosette comprising a lower disc of eight trapezoidal leaves and smaller central octofoil, beaded-wire collar to the centre surrounding a white ceramic boss; attachment loop to the reverse and old collector's label. 2.62 grams, 38mm (1 1/2"). Condition Extremely fine condition. Rare. Provenance From an important Mayfair, London, collection; acquired in 1986, with collection number 86.53.2 on the reverse. Footnotes Flowers were one of the most popular motifs used by the Egyptians, both in this life and the next, and they had associations with the sun, and thus rebirth. Both real flowers and those made from a variety of materials such as precious metal and a composite material known as faience, were used for decorative purposes in jewellery. A number of examples are known of rosettes decorating headbands, such as that from tomb 56 in the Valley of the Kings, as well as individual gold hair ornaments in the form of rosettes from the tomb of Senebtisy, and the head-dress belonging to one of the wives of Tuthmosis III.
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