Water lily attachment, probably for a processional barque

Third Intermediate Period or later

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899

This lotus may have been an attachment on a shrine baldachin, where a god seated on a lotus is often depicted.

Water lily attachment, probably for a processional barque, Bronze, gold foil over gesso; white, dark blue, and light blue glass inlays over light and dark blue grounds

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