Having arrived at the perfection displayed in the _parure_ of Aahhotep, the goldsmith's art did not long maintain so high a level.

The fashions changed, and jewellery became heavier in design.

The ring of Rameses II., with his horses standing upon the bezel (fig.

308), and the bracelet of Prince Psar, with his griffins and lotus flowers in _cloisonne_ enamel (fig.

309), both in the Louvre, are less happily conceived than the bracelets of Ahmes.