Miniature hes vase with a princess on a lotus

Calcite, carnelian, obsidian, glass;
h. 10.8 cm Rogers Fund, 1940.
|The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York

A child standing on a lotus was a traditional symbol of rebirth and rejuvenation. This miniature vase could have been part of the funerary equipment of Akhenaten's second daughter, who died in childhood.