Rim fragment with handle from a shallow strainer
This rim fragment with a lotus handle once belonged to a shallow strainer (see 30.8.369 for a complete example) that formed part of a wine service. The strainer would have been used to filter sediment from wine as it was poured from jugs, jars or flasks into drinking vessels.
Many of the vessels and vessel fragments found at Tell Basta were richly decorated and likely associated with a temple festival. Here the handle is engraved with a lotus blossom, a common motif in Egyptian art. Such blossoms were an important symbol of rebirth.
Many of the vessels and vessel fragments found at Tell Basta were richly decorated and likely associated with a temple festival. Here the handle is engraved with a lotus blossom, a common motif in Egyptian art. Such blossoms were an important symbol of rebirth.
Artwork Details
- Title: Rim fragment with handle from a shallow strainer
- Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
- Dynasty: Dynasty 19
- Reign: Ramesses II or slightly later
- Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Eastern Delta, Tell Basta (Bubastis)
- Medium: Silver
- Dimensions: L. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); W. 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907
- Object Number: 07.228.189
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
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