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Pectoral with heart amulet
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18-19
1352–1186 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Polychrome faience
Dimensions
Height x length: 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Walter and Celia Gilbert Acquisition Fund for Ancient Egyptian Art
Accession Number2014.857.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pectorals
ProvenanceBetween 1895 and 1898, found at Abydos, Egypt, by Emile Amélineau (b. 1850 – d. 1915), Châteaudun, France; February 8-9, 1904, Amélineau sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 55. 1925, A. Caron; December 9-11, 1925, Caron collection sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 13. Before 1980, Robert Monier, France. 1985, acquired by Charles Bouché (b. 1928 – d. 2010), France; October 24, 2012, posthumous Bouché collection sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, lot 11. By 2013, Rupert Wace Fine Art, London; 2014, sold by Rupert Wace to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)