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Source Description
The blue lotus is represented in numerous New Kingdom faience chalices. The Egyptian name for these chalices was the same as the word for lotus flower: "seshen."
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
7505
label
Lotus-Shaped Chalice
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
7505
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Lotus-Shaped Chalice
description
The blue lotus is represented in numerous New Kingdom faience chalices. The Egyptian name for these chalices was the same as the word for lotus flower: "seshen."
provenance
Rev. William MacGregor, Tamworth, Staffordshire, by 1922; Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 26-29 and July 4-6, 1922, no. 274; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1290-1070 BC (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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chalices
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
16.1
height
8
dimensionsRaw
6 5/16 x 3 1/8 in. (16.1 x 8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
style
Nineteenth Dynasty
dynasty
19th-20th Dynasty
med
Egyptian faience
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
10
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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