A Large and Important Egyptian Alabaster Shabti, late 18th - 19th Dynasty, ca. 1320–1200 BCE Jewelry - Earrings Gifted to the Virginia Museum

Gifted to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Petyarre’s country is the inspiration for all her art

This mechanism matches the ancient bezel seamlessly in both proportion and color

and therefore all individually modeled

Now reimagined as modern 14K gold drop earrings

A Large and Important Egyptian Alabaster Shabti, late 18th - 19th Dynasty, ca. 1320–1200 BCE Jewelry - Earrings Gifted to the Virginia MuseumShabtis carved from alabaster are typically found only in the later part of the Eighteenth Dynasty and into the Nineteenth Dynasty, which makes surviving examples comparatively rare. This exceptional example is depicted in the traditional mummiform stance, with arms neatly folded, wearing a smooth tripartite wig and a quietly composed expression. The face is modeled with subtle, introspective features, carefully rendered with gently arched brows,