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Source Description
This bowl has a square pool at the center with tilapia fish as well as lotus buds and blossoms. All of these elements refer to resurrection and regeneration.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
23
label
Bowl with Fish and Lotuses
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
23
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Bowl with Fish and Lotuses
description
This bowl has a square pool at the center with tilapia fish as well as lotus buds and blossoms. All of these elements refer to resurrection and regeneration.
provenance
Rev. William MacGregor, Tamworth, Staffordshire, by 1898; Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 26-29 and July 4-6, 1922, no. 253; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1450 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
bowls (vessels)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.2
height
14.8
depth
4.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/16 × Diam: 5 13/16 × Diam of foot: 1 5/8 in. (5.2 × 14.8 × 4.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
18th Dynasty
med
Egyptian faience
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
10
2172
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
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