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

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