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Cloisonne earring from tomb of Tutankhamun The central feauture is described as a falcon with a duck's head its wings creating a sweeping circle around its head and its talons clutching shen rings, beneath the tail feathers is a bar decorated with circles from which hang five strings of gold and glass beads ending in pendant uraei. | Located in: Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
Earrings with blue birds - calcite , cloisonné-enamel , earthenware , glass paste , quartz. Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1327 BC. DISCOVERY SITE: Tutankhamun's tomb. | Photo (C) CULTNAT, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Ayman Khoury.
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Jewellery masterpieces. Tutankhamun's earrings
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
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Absolutely stunning pieces. I can completely understand how fashion designers went bonkers when such items were being discovered back in the 1930s.
I had somebody in Pinterest asking me how to get a pair :) Well... robbing the Cairo Museum is an option... Another option is to make a replica. I would not be able the exact one, though, and it would be rather pricey... I am not in harry to jump on the idea...
Ha ha! Love the idea of robbing the Museum! I'm sure there are replicas in souvenir shops & possbly on Egyptian sites in eBay etc. Then again, some of Versace's designs back in the 80s were similar. Have a nice evening (it's just gone 9pm here).
Still 2.00 p.m here. Nice evening to you, though :)
Thank you!
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