Marsh-Bowl of Rennefer

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This and a second bowl (35.3.78) were found with the burial of a woman named Rennofer in the tomb of her husband, Neferkhawt. Like many faience bowls of early Dynasty 18, this one is decorated on the inside with lotus blossoms and buds growing from a pond which is painted like a checker board.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art