Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle")

Unknown

664–332 B.C. · Faience · Egyptian Art

This is an example of a "New Year's Bottle." The short neck is in the form of a papyrus or lotus column, flanked by two squatting apes that take the place of handles.The shoulder is adorned front and back with the representation of a broad collar, worn by Egyptians at festive occasions, or floral garland. Faience flasks of this type, often inscribed with good wishes and apparently filled with water from the Nile, were given as gifts at the New Year.

Artist

Unknown

Date

664–332 B.C.

Medium

Faience

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910