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'Pine and Plum' (18th century) by Kano Tôshun Yoshinobu (Japanese, 1747–1797).

Ink and colour on silk.

Carlos Bippus - Luar na praia da Gavea, 1921

Gold dagger of Tutankhamun

Tutankhamun’s mummy was provided with two daggers encased in gold sheaths, one with an iron blade and the other with a blade of hardened gold. It is the latter specimen ceremonial Egyptian dagger which is shown here.

The handle is exquisitely decorated with gold granulation and glass inlays and is fitted with a knob of rock crystal. The gold dagger length 31.8 cm; blade 20.4 cm, width 3.4 cm; sheath length 20.6 cm, width 4.3 cm.

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1332-1323 BC.Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 61584A-B