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Jewelry
Pair of Earrings
Egyptian artist
Egyptian artist
Egypt
Primary
3 1/4 x 9/16 x 1/4 in. (8.3 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm)
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overall
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Brass
Brass
Egyptian; made in Fayum
3rd Century BCE
300 BCE
201 BCE
from Rochester collections
Jewelry
This ceramic vessel [28.104] and ornate pair of earrings are only two of the over 500 artifacts given to MAG by Rochester businessman C. Herbert Ocumpaugh in 1928, when he donated his entire collection of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Middle Eastern antiquities to the University of Rochester. Although he was not an archeologist—he had never traveled to these areas of the world—he developed a lifelong fascination with ancient cultures fueled by many visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Aided by archeologists and museum directors, he spent 25 years amassing objects as diverse as iridescent glass, bronze figures of gods and goddesses, and richly-painted Greek ceramics. Ocumpaugh’s donation formed the core of MAG’s ancient collection; today, over 50 objects from this group are included in the exhibits of the Helen H. Berkeley Gallery of Ancient Art on the second floor.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
1928.244
item
Memorial Art Gallery
2/4/2001
28.244DI#1
digital image
12/18/2007
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