THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE CHALICE
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C.
In the form of a blue lotus, deep blue in color, with black details for the overlapping petals and striations along the stem, the bowl flaring at the rim, the foot splayed
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high

來源

Everit Macy Collection.
with Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, 1941.
The Cincinnati Art Museum; Sotheby's, New York, 14 December 1994, lot 215.

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As Friedman informs (Gifts of the Nile, no. 114, p. 224), "the meaning of the lotus, the ubiquitous symbol of new life, was enhanced through depicting it in faience, a material in which notions of light and rebirth were intrinsic."