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Indepth Arts News:
"Egyptian Art at Eton College: Selections from the Myers Museum"
2000-09-26 until 2001-01-21
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY,
USA
During the late 19th century, British military man William Joseph
Myers amassed one of the finest collections of Egyptian antiquities
in the world, which he later bequeathed to Eton College. This
selection of some 150 works from the collection dates from
predynastic to Roman times.
The collection is particularly notable for the number
of small-scale, exquisitely crafted items such as stunning chalices
and bowls of faience, statuettes, and jewelry. Among the many
highlights on view is a royal pectoral from the Middle Kingdom, made
of electrum (an alloy of gold and silver) and ornamented with images
of the gods Horus and Seth.
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