Cosmetic Box with Cover (Alternate Title)
Compartmented Box (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

1539–1070 BC
Egyptian
Ceramics
Containers-Boxes
faience
Place Made,Egypt
Overall: 7/8 × 3 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (2.223 × 7.938 × 8.255 cm)
55.8.12

The lid of this box incorporates a lotus flower as part of a composite capital, a late development in Egyptian architecture.

Dynasties 18-20
New Kingdom
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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