Object Title
Amuletic Aegis of Bastet or Sakhmet
Measurements
H. 2.5 x W. 2 cm (1 x 13/16 in.)
Creation Date
Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070-664 B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of Peter Gottesman, in honor of Mauricette E. Gottesman and George H. Gottesman, 2016
Museum Name
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/549191?sortBy=Relevance&ft=2016.493&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1
Provenance Information
Collection of Peter Gottesman since at least 1994, when the work was brought to the Metropolitan Museum. Mr. Gottesman took the work back in 1995 and returned it to the Metropolitan Museum as a loan and promised gift in 1997. The amulet remained at the Museum since that time and entered the Museum’s collection as a gift of Mr. Gottesman in 2016.
Exhibition Information
The work has been on loan to and on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1997.
Publication Information
None.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The work has been on loan to the Metropolitan Museum as a promised gift since 1997. Precious metal examples of aegides are rare, and this work exhibits the cloisonné inlay technique restricted to items of high technical expertise.