Ancient Egyptian spacer bead from a piece of jewelry (cast gold + amethyst), decorated to look like
Ancient Egyptian spacer bead from a piece of jewelry (cast gold + amethyst), decorated to look like a cheetah. Artist unknown; ca. 1976-1783 BCE (Middle Kingdom). Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum. -- source link
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