Fragment of an Inlay Headdress
Cleveland Museum of Art

Fragment of an Inlay Headdress

c. 1353–1295 BCE

lavender blue faience with deep blue overglaze
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

It has been suggested that this fragment was part of a headdress that belonged to a queen. The fine, carved details of this headdress attest to the great skill of its maker and the luster of the blue lapis lazuli faience would have been appropriate for Egyptian royalty.

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