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| Keywords: Egyptian - Bowl with Fish and Lotuses - Walters 48400 - Interior.jpg Shallow faience bowls of this type were particularly popular during the early to mid-18th Dynasty Faience was a commonly used material in Egypt; it was made from silica--found for example in quartz pebbles sand or lime--and formed in a mold Its blue or turquoise glaze came from inclusions of copper as a colorant This bowl was molded over a hemispherical form and then glazed and fired The dark purple decoration often added to monochrome faience pieces was painted before firing with a manganese-based pigment These vessels sometimes described as marsh bowls are typically embellished with aquatic imagery with allusions to fertility such as tilapia fish lotuses papyrus umbels buds on stems and pools of water The bright blue of faience as well as the aquatic motifs adorning these bowls is associated with the life-giving qualities of cool fresh water The blue lotus Nymphaea caerulea and the tilapia fish Tilapia nilotica are emblematic of such imagery Here two fish carry lotus stems with buds and opened blossoms in their mouths The ornamentation relates to the powerful themes of rebirth and regeneration ca 1450 1400 BC New Kingdom Egyptian faience with blue glaze painted cm 5 14 2 h x diam accession number 48 400 1216 Rev William MacGregor Tamworth Staffordshire prior to 1922 Sale Sotheby Wilkinson Hodge London June 26-29 and July 4-6 1922 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York 1922 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 Life and Art in Ancient Egypt The Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit 1963 Through Ancient Eyes Portraiture in Ancient Egypt Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham 1988 place of origin Western Thebes Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian pottery in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian daily life preserved artefacts Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Ancient Egyptian lotus Lotus pot | ||||
