Object Image

Faience Inlay

Unknown Artist

This decorative tile may be associated with the ceramic art of the reign of Ramesses III. It was intended to fit together with similar tiles to form a horizontal pattern of petals.

Credit: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889

c. 1184-1153 B.C.
Faience
1.9in
89.2.271
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020

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