An Egyptian Bronze Situla, Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 4th - 3rd century BCE Gods & Goddesses These jars were primarily used

These jars were primarily used to hold fragrant substances for burning rather than for storing everyday items

fashioned from variegated gray granite with prominent black veining

Strung on a 24-inch 14K yellow gold chain

Mary and the Christ child on her lap

The pomegranate quickly became a popular motif in jewelry

An Egyptian Bronze Situla, Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 4th - 3rd century BCE Gods & Goddesses These jars were primarily usedCast using the lost wax method, this fine, tapering vessel features a rolled rim, and rounded bottom with knobbed base. It is decorated in raised relief, the wide central register with a dedicant holding a lotus flower staff next to an offering altar, making offerings to the three deities, Isis with cow horn crown, Nephthys, and Amun Ra, each holding the life sign ankh in their right hand and a was scepter in their left, the lower register with