Egyptian Art

The Met's collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 26,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from the Paleolithic to the Roman period (ca. 300,000 B.C.–A.D. 4th century).

Nazar

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    String of 12 Eye Beads
    600–200 BC
    Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
    From Egypt

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    The Goddess Nekhbet, Temple of Hatshepsut
    Charles K. Wilkinson
    New Kingdom
    ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

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    Drinking Cup ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
    New Kingdom
    Dynasty 18
    reign of Thutmose III

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    Dowry Pillow
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Palmette & Sema Tawy

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    Inlay with a sema tawy design
    100 BC–100 A.D.
    Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period
    Egypt

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    Inlay, palmette
    100 BC–100 AD
    Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period
    From Egypt

Egyptian Collar

The design of an elaborately beaded collar from the Tomb of Wah is reinterpreted as a serpentine motif for the Met x Ann Gish collaboration.  

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    Broad Collar of Wah
    ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
    Middle Kingdom

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    Wedjat Eye Amulet
    Egyptian
    Faience, ca. 1070–664 B.C.
    Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 17.190.1639

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Travertine

Inspired by a high-shouldered Travertine jar from Egypt's Old Kingdom, our Travertine jacquard undulates softly.

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    Large high-shouldered jar
    Egyptian
    Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), ca. 2500–2400 B.C.
    Rogers Fund, 1921 21.2.8

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    Travertine Yardage
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Alyssum

Inspired by an Egyptian floral plaque, Alyssum's delicate, fringed flowers and grey leaves are embroidered onto a herringbone ground.

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    Floral plaque
    Egyptian
    Glass, 100 BC–100 AD
    Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 26.7.1252

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Egyptian Faience

Inspired by a Faience panel from Egypt's OId Kingdom period, we reimagine the shades of azure in a jacquard with embroidered lines.

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    Wall tiles from the funerary apartments of king Djoser
    Egyptian
    Faience, ca. 2630–2611 B.C.
    Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1948 48.160.1

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    Egyptian Faience Fabric
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Horus

Horus is one of the most significant deities of ancient Egypt, depicted as both a falcon or a man with the head of a falcon. Here, we interpret the color tones of the faience and the movement of the falcon's wings into this two-tone jacquard.

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    Inlay Depicting "Horus of Gold"
    Egyptian
    Faience, 4th century B.C.
    Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926. 26.7.996

Papyrus & Reed

Inspired by the textures of ancient Egypt, Reed and Papyrus are three coordinating fabrics. Papyrus features broad stripes of cut-edge wefts. Reed features a narrow stripe of fringe-cut wefts.

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    Papyrus fragment
    Egyptian
    Papyrus, ink; ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
    Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922 22.1.1202

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    Papyrus sheet
    Egyptian
    Papyrus, 664–332 B.C.
    Rogers Fund, 1914 14.1.393h.1–.3

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    Linen cloth with fringe
    Egyptian
    Linen, 304 B.C.–A.D. 364
    Gift of George F. Baker, 1890 90.5.910

Qasaba

Inspired by the vast collection of papyrus, reed, and linen artifacts in the Egyptian Wing of The Met. Named for a famous cobblestone street in Cairo, Qasaba elicits the texture and tone of the stones of Egypt, even the hatch marks on the papyrus fragment shown here. 

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    Papyrus fragment
    Middle Kingdom
    ca. 1981–1640 B.C.