1979.1, Relief: from a throne or architectural monument (Thoth, god of learning and patron of scribes), Egyptian, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.E, Schist slate

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
Although this schist relief is from a late period of Egyptian art, it has the hieroglyphic purity of an earlier Egyptian style. Egyptian art was very conservative; once a satisfactory visual convention had been created, it might last for generations.

1965.28.M, Relief: procession of offering bearers, from the tomb of Ny-Ankh-Nesut, Egyptian, late 5th-6th Dynasty, c. 2300 B.C.E, painted limestone

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This carved and painted limestone relief originally decorated a wall in the tomb of Ny-Ank-Nesut, who is believed to have been an important court official, possibly a high priest of Ra (Re) during the late 5th or early 6th Dynasty Egypt.

1994.8, Telechron mantel clock, Paul Frankl (designer), Warren Electric Company (manufacturer), c. 1928

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
Seeing luxurious French art deco objects at the 1925 Paris design fair inspired some American designers to create similar works. Like their French counterparts, most of these pieces were made by hand from exotic materials and were thus expensive.
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