Shallow bowl with a recurved rim
This round-bottomed vessel with flaring recurved rim belongs to the type called Meidum bowls. It is made from veined Egyptian alabaster with a band of irregularly spaced streaks of reddish brown that vary in intensity.
Artwork Details
- Title: Shallow bowl with a recurved rim
- Period: Old Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 4–mid 5
- Date: ca. 2500–2400 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions: H. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); Diam. 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910
- Object Number: 10.176.158
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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