id: 94392 accession number: 1914.766 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.766 updated: 2023-08-23 18:00:05.017000 Winged Pectoral Scarab, 664–525 BCE. Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26. Deep turquoise faience; overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.766 title: Winged Pectoral Scarab title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 664–525 BCE creation date earliest: -664 creation date latest: -525 current location: 234 Textile Gallery creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Egypt, Late Period, Dynasty 26 technique: deep turquoise faience department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art collection: Egypt - Late Period type: Scarabs find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience opening date: 1998-05-10T00:00:00 Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 10-July 5, 1998); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (August 25, 1998-January 3, 1999). title: Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession opening date: 2023-04-01T04:00:00 Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (5/10/98 - 7/5/98); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (8/25/98 - 1/3/99). "Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience," not in exh. cat. --- PROVENANCE Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: To create connections between their work and ancient Egypt, European and American jewelers conducted careful research, looking at sources including hieroglyphs in funerary art and architecture. The1924 Cartier scarab brooch was directly inspired by representations of the dung beetle, which also stood for Khepri, a sun deity of resurrection, while the 1927 gateway brooch echoes the silhouette of ancient Egyptian temple entrances. Beauty companies like Bourjois even adopted ancient Egyptian motifs for their marketing and packaging, suggesting the elegance of their brand through sensationalized elements of ancient Egyptian art. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 526 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.766/1914.766_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.766/1914.766_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1914.766/1914.766_full.tif