Cup from a Relief-Decorated Chalice
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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
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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