Floral Inlay in the Brooklyn Museum, January 2010

Faience Lotus Inlay

The walls of the Great Palace at el Amarna were decorated with small inlays arranged to form complex scenes. In many of these scenes, members of the royal family present great formal bouquets to the Aten. This inlay—a yellow persea fruit and a lotus flower—was the uppermost element of one of these bouquets.

Medium: Faience

Possible Place Collected: El Amarna, Egypt

Dates: ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.

Dynasty: late XVIII Dynasty

Period: New Kingdom

Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (6.3 x 5 cm)

Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Accession Number: 49.8

Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

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