Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 328. Bracelets, First D^^nasty, Fig. 329. throughout historic times encloses the Horus nameof the Pharaohs. The turquoise plaques show signs ofre-threading, and the style of the carving indicatesthat they are somewhat earlier than the rest of thework. Two bracelets (figs. 327, 328) are formed ofbeads of various shapes finely cut and elaborately JEWELLERY. 359 threaded. The fourth (fig. 329) has a gold flower ofvery beautiful workmanship. The jewellery of the Old Kingdom is
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 328. Bracelets, First D^^nasty, Fig. 329. throughout historic times encloses the Horus nameof the Pharaohs. The turquoise plaques show signs ofre-threading, and the style of the carving indicatesthat they are somewhat earlier than the rest of thework. Two bracelets (figs. 327, 328) are formed ofbeads of various shapes finely cut and elaborately JEWELLERY. 359 threaded. The fourth (fig. 329) has a gold flower ofvery beautiful workmanship. The jewellery of the Old Kingdom is still veryrare. There are necklaces formed of gold linkscopied from a shell the cypycea ; a minute gold lion,and a fine wasp used as pendants, and some repoussefigures of animals in thin gold-leaf.*. Fig. 330.—Gold cloisonne pectoral, bearing cartouche ofSenusert III. Fro n The treasure of Dahshur consists of a mass ofpectorals, rings, bracelets, necklaces, chains, pendants,and diadems that belonged to the wives of three ofthe Pharaohs of the Twelfth Dynasty. The pectoralsof gold cloisonne work inlaid with vitreous pasteor precious stones, which bear the cartouches of Senu-sert II., Senusert III. (fig. 330), and Amenemhat III., * G, Maspero, Gnhie to the Cairo Mnsenni, 1910, p. 383. 36o THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS. exhibit marvellous precision of taste, lightness oftouch, and dexterity of fine workmanship. Thereare two crowns. One is merely a delicate frame-work of gold threads united at six regular intervalsby flowers with a carnelian centre and blue petalsand sprinkled with tiny flowers also in red and could never have been worn ; the weight of theflowers would have been too much for the delicateframework, and it must have beenmade expressly to be placed in a,i tomb
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