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Blue lotus chalice

Slender, trumpet-shaped goblet on a short stem decorated with sepals and petals of the blue lotus flower modelled in relief. Fine drinking vessel, probably for wine.

Slender, trumpet-shaped goblet on a short stem decorated with sepals and petals of the blue lotus flower modelled in relief. Fine drinking vessel, probably for wine.

Object Blue lotus chalice
Provenance Abydos, Egypt
Site Cemetery E, North Section
Period Dynasty XIX
Material Faience(Blue-glazed)
Subject Egyptology
Ref. No 1900.54:49
Copyrights Bolton Council