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Egyptian Museum Cairo. Dynasty XVII, 1347-1237 B.C. Egyptian. The boy pharaoh King Tut ruled Egypt for a very short time but his legacy lives on in this wall clock. Clocks are perfect for your home or office. The stunning death mask (c. 1325 BC) is probably the most famous work of art from the boy-king Tutankhamen's tomb which was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter. This marvelous mask of excellent workmanship protected the head of the mummy of Tutankhamun. Further protection was assured by a magic formula engraving on the shoulders and the back of the mask. The usual Nemes headdress knotted back at the nape of the neck, is a striped blue-greeen imitating lapis lazuli. The Uraeus and vulture head in gold inlaid with semiprecious stones and colored glass, ornaments the brow. The mask's eyes are made of obsidian and quartz with a touch of red at the corners: the cosmetic lines and the lids are of inlaid blue grass. The divine beard, plaited and turned up at the end, is of cloisonne work (colored glass held in a framework of gold.) The wide necklace collar is formed of rows of lapis lazuli, quartz, amazonite, and colored glass beads attached at each shoulder to a gold falcon's head ornamented with obsidian. This mask presents us with a beautiful albeit idealized portrait of the young King. This clock has all of the requisite Egyptian symbolism! The face is surrounded by Egyptian numerals with the eye of Horus in the middle and the scarab at the bottom.

Made from fiberglass, hand-painted gold and polychrome detail, ready to hang, battery operated clock, est. 18.5"W x 39.5"H x 4"D.

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