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Water lily attachment, probably for a processional barque

Third Intermediate Period or later
ca. 1070–664 BCE 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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Water lily attachment, probably for a processional barque
  • Period: Third Intermediate Period or later
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 21–26 or later
  • Date: ca. 1070–664 BCE or later
  • Geography: From Egypt
  • Medium: Bronze, gold foil over gesso; white, dark blue, and light blue glass inlays over light and dark blue grounds
  • Dimensions: H. 13.5 × W. 15.8 × D. 9.2 cm (5 5/16 × 6 1/4 × 3 5/8 in)
  • Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
  • Object Number: 30.8.232a
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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