Aten Sun-Disk Inlay New Kingdom, Amarna PeriodEgypt
Description
Object Label: Inlays The late Eighteenth Dynasty taste for opulence extended to inlaid wall decoration in temples, palaces, and large houses. During the reign of Akhenaten, skilled workmen began to create scenes by piecing together individual fragments of colored glass or faience. These works depicted the king, natural motifs, and faithful worshipers beneath the Aten sundisk. Many of these motifs had already appeared in paintings in earlier buildings, but the new medium added vividness and prominence. Architectural inlay continued into the Twentieth Dynasty. Caption: Aten Sun-Disk Inlay, ca. 1339–1329 B.C.E.. Faience, Diam. 2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.339. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.339 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3170 tier-2
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