Medium: Wood, frit
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:ca. 1539-1292 B.C.E.
Dimensions: 2 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. (5.4 x 11.8 cm)
Collections:
Museum Location: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
Exhibitions:
Accession Number: 37.608E
Image: CUR.37.608E_erg456.jpg,
Catalogue Description: A wooden toilet dish in the form of a cartouche. Incised lines running around the edge of the dish are filled with blue frit. Two Bolti fish, face to face and holding lotus flowers in their mouths are incised in the dish which represents a fish pond. The short handle is decorated with an Egyptian desert hare in relief. It is seen from the side crouching, facing forward. A lotus with sepals curving downward is at the rear of the hare. All incised areas around the hare and lotus contain blue frit. The back is undecorated. There is a flattened area on the bottom to prevent the dish from rocking. Condition: Excellent. Three chips off the inner surface of dish. Chip off the upper right edge.