Bowl

The image on one of these bowls depicts a monkey playing a double flute. Representations of animals engaged in human activities occur throughout Egyptian history. The other bowl shows a female figure and flowering plants. This motif may be borrowed from scenes on the walls of painted tombs.

• Medium: Faience, painted
• Geographical Location: Deir el Nawahid, southeast of Abydos, Egypt
• Dates: ca. 1295-1185 B.C.E.
• Dynasty: XIX Dynasty
• Period: New Kingdom
• Collection: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, EXHIBITION-3, ECAMEA-3G81
• Accession Number: 66.172
• Image: "West Wing gallery 8 installation", CUR.66.172_wwg8.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2008