Fragment of a Decorated Bowl
ca. 1336-1295 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
The maiden represented on this fragment wears a lotus flower, an unguent cone, and an elaborate wig on her head. She carries a pole from which hang a bunch of lotus flowers and a brace of ducks. When complete, the scene probably showed her on a papyrus skiff. Such details frequently appear in New Kingdom tomb paintings of duck hunts in the Nile marshes.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Vessel
- Formatted Medium
- Faience
- Medium
- faience
- Locations
- Place made: Egypt
- Dynasty
- end of Dynasty 18
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dimensions
- 3 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. (8.3 x 4.8 cm)
- Accession Number
- 51.227
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
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