Fragment of a Decorated Bowl
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
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.
MEDIUM
Faience
DATES
ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
end of Dynasty 18
PERIOD
New Kingdom
ACCESSION NUMBER
51.227
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Fragment of faience bowl glazed light blue. Underside undecorated. Interior decorated in usual purple-black pigment with scene now very incomplete. Preserved portion represents head and breast of young girl wearing thin linen dress, standing in boat (?) and carrying long pole on left shoulder. From preserved end of pole are suspended ducks and lotus flowers. Drawing of fine quality.
Condition: Fragmentary.
CAPTION
Fragment of a Decorated Bowl, ca. 1336–1295 B.C.E. Faience, 3 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. (8.3 x 4.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 51.227. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.51.227_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
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How common is the image of a blue lotus in Egyptian Art? (I see one example in this museum).
Very common.The lotus is a symbol of birth and rebirth on which the Creator solar deity first appeared in the Nun, the formless ocean within which the universe was created.
Got it, thank you.
