History Of Coffin And Mummy Of Ta-Shery-En-Iset

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Ryan Spaeth
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Later Ancient Art: 400 BCE to 200 CE

Coffin and Mummy of Ta-Shery-En-Iset
The coffin and mummy date back to the Ptolemaic Period, a golden age, which was from 305 to 30 B.C.E. The mummy has a painted and gilded cartonnage, whereas the coffin has painted and gessoed wood. Ta-Shery-En-Iset’s cartonnage mask and foot coverings are painted, and there are garlands on her chest. The coffin also has torus moldings, columns at the corners, and a jackal, which symbolizes the funerary god Anubis, who is painted on the lid. Ta-Shery-En-Iset was a House Mistress and daughter of another House Mistress, Ta-Imhotep. Before her own death, Ta-Imhotep created a long inscription which recorded the details of her life and how it was cut short; the inscribed memorial expressed tones of pessimism and anxiety, as opposed to other memorials at the time which were more optimistic.

Later Ancient Art: 400 BCE to 200 CE

Sarcophagus of Djehor
Like the Coffin and Mummy of Ta-Shery-En-Iset, the Sarcophagus of Djehor was also created during the Ptolemaic Period, between 200 and 150 B.C.E. The sarcophagus was located in Sakkara, Egypt, a 3,000-year-old ancient burial ground for kings and other individuals of high power. Sakkara is also home of the famous Step pyramid of Djoser, which was built in the 27th century B.C.E. Djehor was the son of House Mistress Tekas, and was Royal Scribe and Priest of Min. As a royal scribe, Djehor created handwritten records for people of high power such as kings or nobles. During the time, literacy rates were low, so people who had the ability to read and write were hard to come by. Because of this, Djehor was most likely an upper class citizen, which is re...

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Art from 1900-1949

Imperial Napoleonic Egg
In 1912, this egg was created by Henrik Emanuel Wigstrom and Vassily Ivanovich Zuiev in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Czar Nicholas II presented the egg to his mother, Maria Feodorovna, on Easter 1912. The egg is made of guilloche enamel, rose-cut diamond, platinum, ivory, gouache, velvet, and silk. The egg commemorates the 100-year anniversary of Russia’s victory over Napoleon’s armies. The design, colors, motifs, and monumentality of the egg were all inspired by the French Empire style. The solid gold lid reveals a six-panel folding screen with miniatures that show the sig regiments of which Feodorovna was an honorary colonel. On the opposite side of each panel is the crowned cipher of Feodorovna.