Amulet(?) gem in post-antique ring: Horus falcon with high-footed cup
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CBd-Number:
CBd-1235
ID-Number:
CZ-Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague_2874.2
Collection:
CZ_Prague, Museum of Decorative Arts
Inventory:
2874.2
Material:
carnelian (colour unspecified)
Iconography:
bird: falcon; crown, double; jet water; vessel: cup
A: Horus falcon, standing to left, crowned with the double crown of Egypt (or a crescent?). From his bill a jet of water is running into a high-footed, heart-shaped cup.
B: Hidden.
Mounted in a post-antique ring. For a similar piece, see CBd-398.
Bibliography
Unpublished.
/Description: V. Šlancarová - D. Urbanová - CBd/
B: Hidden.
Mounted in a post-antique ring. For a similar piece, see CBd-398.
Bibliography
Unpublished.
/Description: V. Šlancarová - D. Urbanová - CBd/
Last modified: 2014-10-26 14:37:45
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CBd-1235. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/1235 on 04-06-2023.
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