Fragment of a Handle from a Vessel

Fragment of a Handle from a Vessel

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This fragment of a handle once belonged to a small vessel made from faience that was glazed white. The two rosettes serving as part of the handle’s decoration are outlined in blue; one still has a red dot of faience serving as the flower’s center. Many fragments of elegantly decorated faience vessels have been found among the remains of the King’s Palace at Malqata. This important ritual building was at the heart of the festival-city built by Amenhotep III on the west bank of Thebes.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.