Perfume bottle in the shape of a hes-vase inlaid with the figure of a princess

Medium

Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), carnelian, obsidian,gold, and colored glass inlay

Dimensions

H. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); W. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); D. 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)

Classification

Small bottle in the shape of a hes-vase, figure of princess on lotus

Period

New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1940

Accession Number

40.2.4

Rights

Public Domain

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