LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: egg

Ceramic Egg Armenian Made late 1600s, probably at Kutahya, Turkey Accession # 2008.545 Oval porcelain eggs hung over altars and on lamp cords to prevent rodents and insects from reaching the lamp oil. Winged seraphim heads are joined here with Crusader crosses, reminiscent of the close connections that Armenians once had with the Latin Crusader states in the eastern Mediterranean. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Vessel in the Form of an Ostreich Egg Gold, lapis lazuli, red limestone, shell, and bitumen 2550-2450 BCE Ur, Iraq (PG779) B16692 Text from the U. Penn. Museum label. Gold Gold would have been imported from Anatolia, Iran, and the Indus valley. At Ur, golden objects are almost always made of alloys of gold and coppper or gold and silver. Pure gold is extremely rare. This is probably both because gold was a scarce and precious commodity, and because the color and appearance of the alloys was preferred. Gold and copper alloy is reddish, whild gold and silver (electrum) is silvery. Text from the U. Penn. Museum label.

Graham, John D., Two Eggs, 1928, Oil on canvas board; 12 3/4 x 16 in.; 32.385 x 40.64 cm.. Acquired by 1929. Paintings, 0835, American. On display in House, Gal B. Text from the Phillips Collection website.