MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Frog - Walters 42193 - Back.jpg This lively frog carefully carved from a piece of green stone is pierced lengthwise through the base It may have served as a bezel for a ring or as a pendant on a necklace Frogs were seen as ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Frog - Walters 42193 - Back.jpg This lively frog carefully carved from a piece of green stone is pierced lengthwise through the base It may have served as a bezel for a ring or as a pendant on a necklace Frogs were seen as animals which are related to fertility and creation between 1550 1185 BC New Kingdom green stone probably jasper cm 1 49 0 48 0 81 accession number 42 193 27019 Collection of Lord Carmichael of Skirling a few miles north of Biggar Scotland Antiquities of the Collection of the Late Lord Carmichael of Skirling Sale Sotheby and Company London June 9 1926 lot 244 Joseph Brummer New York 1926 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1927 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Amphibians in Ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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