Cup from a Relief-Decorated Chalice

ca. 1070 B.C.E.–718 B.C.E.

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Object Label

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.

Caption

Cup from a Relief-Decorated Chalice, ca. 1070 B.C.E.–718 B.C.E.. Faience, Height: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 49.133. Creative Commons-BY

Title

Cup from a Relief-Decorated Chalice

Date

ca. 1070 B.C.E.–718 B.C.E.

Dynasty

Dynasty 21 to Dynasty 22 (probably)

Period

Third Intermediate Period to Late Period

Geography

Possible place collected: Egypt

Medium

Faience

Classification

Vessel

Dimensions

Height: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

49.133

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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