高脚酒杯

Third Intermediate Period

图拿埃尔戈贝地区

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 125

早在第十八王朝时期(约公元前1550 –1295年),埃及就出现了杯体呈蓝莲花状的圈足彩釉陶杯。到公元前一千纪之初,它们已经发展成装饰华丽的高脚酒杯,这些酒杯不作平日饮酒之用,而是用作祭器和礼器。这件藏品上的的浮雕讲述了国王出生时即是太阳神之子的神话。画面中央的湿地环境暗指埃及在每年盛夏遭遇尼罗河洪灾后的复苏。

Lotiform Chalice, Faience

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