Photo of collection object Cup from a Relief-Decorated Chalice — Cup from a Relief-Decorated Chalice, ca. 1070 B.C.E.-718 B.C.E.. Faience, Height: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm). Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 49.133. Creative Commons-BY.

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum

Cup from a Relief-Decorated Chalice

ca. 1070 B.C.E.-718 B.C.E.

Maker Unknown

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

When its stem and blue glaze were complete, this vessel would have resembled more closely the blue lotus (Nymphaea cerulia), a symbol of creation, re-creation, birth, and rebirth, presumably because its flowers rise from the water to open each morning. The swamp scene may reflect ideas of the primordial landscape of creation, and some of its elements appear to hark back to the art of much earlier times.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Vessel
Formatted Medium: Faience
Medium: faience
Locations: Possible place collected: Egypt
Dynasty: Dynasty 21 to Dynasty 22 (probably)
Period: Third Intermediate Period to Late Period
Dimensions: Height: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm)
Departments: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Accession Number: 49.133
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Exhibitions: Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
Museum Location: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
Dominant Colors

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