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An Egyptian Blue Wedjat Eye Ring
Late 18th Dynasty, c. 1390-1295 B.C.

 
Item Number: 1VWF1
Category: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom
Date: Late 18th Dynasty, c. 1390-1295 B.C.
Material: Faience
Width: 1 1/8" (2.9cm)
Display Stand: Not Applicable
Status: Sold
Description: A turquoise blue faience eye ring, modeled with a wedjat eye in the raised work, an up-reared cobra wearing a disc, terminating with an openwork lotus head at each end.
Provenance: Purchased in the London Art Market in the mid 70's by an English Collection.

Condition: Intact. In immaculate condition and a superb example.

References:

Andrews, Carol; Amulets of Ancient Egypt, no. 46i.

Friedman, Florence D.; Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, nos. 106-107.

Caubet, Annie & Pierrat-Bonnefois, Geneviève; Faiences de L'Antiquité de L'Egypte a L'Iran, nos. 168-181.

Keywords: Eye of Horus: Also known as Udjat or Wedjat, term used to describe the eye of the sun-god, serving as a metaphor for protection, strength and perfection.

Faience: Material used by the ancient Egyptians, composed of a quartz or crystal base, covered with a vitreous, alkaline compound with calcium silicates to provide the diversity of colors and the glassy finish.

 
An Egyptian Blue Wedjat Eye Ring











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