A Vintage Gold Plated Lotus Blossom Pendant, MMA 1976, 1976 Medium - Faience Provenance: Collection of Richard Kelton

Provenance: Collection of Richard Kelton and Kerry Smallwood Kelton

Some scattered earthen deposits

Called hedjet

an enduring testament to the sophistication of Islamic craftsmanship and its influence on global decorative arts

conveying both earthly authority and spiritual grace

A Vintage Gold Plated Lotus Blossom Pendant, MMA 1976, 1976 Medium - Faience Provenance: Collection of Richard KeltonThis vintage gold plated lotus pendant was part of the 1976 Metropolitan Museum of Art's Treasures of Tutankhamun Exhibit. It has recently been strung as a necklace using amethyst round beads, with gold plated spacers. The water lily, called a lotus by the Greeks and Romans, grew abundantly in the Faiyum and Delta marshes and in pools and canals along the Nile Valley. Two types, the blue and the white, were represented in Egyptian art. The blue lotus,