In Ancient Egypt, the god Osiris was believed to be the god of rebirth and judge of the dead in the afterlife. Osiris appears frequently in Egyptian burial art where he is often portrayed as a green or black-faced figure with a crown, a crook, and a flail.

René Jules Lalique was one of the foremost designers of Art Nouveau and moderne jewelry and glass.  He began his career as a jewelry designer, establishing a workshop in 1885 and creating novel works in the latest styles.  In 1892, he began to incorporate glass, typically cast, into his jewelry designs.  After opening his first retail shop in 1905, he was commissioned by perfumer François Coty to

The following essay is from the 1996 publication Gods, Men, and Heroes: Ancient Art at the Dallas Museum of Art.

This smokey taupe molded glass “Malesherbes” vase, by French glass designer René Jules Lalique, has stylized overlapping leaves and a polished outer surface and frosted inner surface. 

Egyptian Mummy masks like this were made to cover the linen-wrapped body of the dead person, acting as magical substitutes for the face, and therefore the personality, of the dead person, should the body be damaged.

In the ancient Egyptian world, amulets for good luck and protection were buried with the dead to ensure safe passage to the afterlife. These funerary amulets represent the four protective sons of Horus (the sun god): Hapy the baboon, the hawk Qebsenuet, the human Emsety, and the jackal Duamutef.

In the ancient Egyptian world, amulets for good luck and protection were buried with the dead to ensure safe passage to the afterlife. These funerary amulets represent the four protective sons of Horus (the sun god): Hapy the baboon, the hawk Qebsenuet, the human Emsety, and the jackal Duamutef.

In the ancient Egyptian world, amulets for good luck and protection were buried with the dead to ensure safe passage to the afterlife. These funerary amulets represent the four protective sons of Horus (the sun god): Hapy the baboon, the hawk Qebsenuet, the human Emsety, and the jackal Duamutef.