Model Offering Tray with Vessels
Blue faience
Egyptian, Late Period
Dynasty 26 - 30, circa 664 - 342 B.C.
Dimensions: 2 1/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 7/16 inches (5.3 x 11 x 3.7 cm.)
Decorative faience offering trays laden with vessels -- miniature versions of the trays subjects would have brought to their masters -- served as containers for unguents and cosmetics for use in the afterlife. Significant remains of the original offering materials survive in several of the diminutive chalices. |
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