Cup from a Relief-Decorated Chalice
ca. 1070 B.C.E.-718 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
When its stem and blue glaze were complete, this vessel would have resembled more closely the blue lotus (Nymphaea cerulia), a symbol of creation, re-creation, birth, and rebirth, presumably because its flowers rise from the water to open each morning. The swamp scene may reflect ideas of the primordial landscape of creation, and some of its elements appear to hark back to the art of much earlier times.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Vessel
- Formatted Medium
- Faience
- Medium
- faience
- Locations
- Possible place collected: Egypt
- Dimensions
- Height: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm)
- Accession Number
- 49.133
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
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