Egyptian Hathor Turquoise Drop Earrings*The Met Store Hot

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These semiprecious turquoise earrings reimagine a glass cowroid bead (ca. 1550–1425 B.C.), or cowry shell-shaped amulet, made in Egypt’s New Kingdom and housed at The Met. The brilliant color of our adornments likewise nods to ancient beads of faience (ca. 1550–1295 B.C.)—a ceramic material created in brilliant blue hues—which may have belonged to various necklaces given as offerings to Hathor: the goddess of love, beauty, and fertility; the fierce protector of women; and the daughter of the powerful sun god, Re. Associated with the sun’s eternal light, faience objects were thought to possess divine properties.

Due to the natural elements in this jewelry, the color of the stones may vary.