Earring with Duck HeadRight earring from a pair earrings with a duck head with outstretched wings fo
Earring with Duck HeadRight earring from a pair earrings with a duck head with outstretched wings form a circle and its feet hold the shen sign. The head is made of translucent blue glass and the wing is fashioned in cloisonné. Under the duck hang gold and blue glass beads with five uraei (“cobra heads”). This earring show a great aesthetic sensibility, and duck held specific erotic symbolism.From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 61969 -- source link
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