EditorialTile with persea fruit and leaves, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353?1336 B.C., From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten), Royal Palace of Akhenaten, Petrie excavations, 1891?92, Polychrome faience, h. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); w. 5.5 cm (...
EditorialMold for a Persea Fruit Pendant, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353?1336 B.C., From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten), Town manufactories, Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891?92, Pottery, l. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.).
EditorialMold for a Persea Fruit Pendant, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353?1336 B.C., From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten), Town manufactories, Petrie/Carter excavations, 1891?92, Pottery, l. 2.4 cm (15/16 in.).
EditorialPersea fruit pendant, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390?1353 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, 1910?11, Faience, violet and yellow, Diam. 1.3 cm (1/2 in).
EditorialPersea fruit pendant, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390?1353 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, 1910?11, Faience, Yellow and violet, Diam. 1.1 cm (7/16 in).
EditorialMold for Persea Fruit bead, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390?1353 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, S. magazines or factories, 1910?12, Pottery, L. 2.5 cm (1 in).
EditorialBead in the Form of a Persea Fruit, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390?1352 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, 1910?11, Faience, H. 1.9 cm (3/4 in.); W. 1.5 cm (9/16 in.); Th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in.).
EditorialAvocado pear, Persea americana, native to Central Mexico. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Engraved by Stanghi, drawn by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Bate...