Gifts of the Nile

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Past Exhibitions | Gifts of the Nile

The magnificent Carnarvon Chalice from Gifts of the Nile, the finest of its kind in existence, is made in the form of a blue lotus flower, symbol of rebirth (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift 26.7.971).