Stool Decorated with Plants Signifying Union of Egypt
The stool belonged to King Tutankhamun when he was a child. The feet, in the form of lion's paws, are made of wood painted white. Between them is a gilded openwork wooden decoration in the form of lotus and papyrus entwined around the hieroglyphic sign Sema-tawy , which signifies the "Union of the Two Lands." A cushion would have been placed on the curved seat.
The Sema-tawy sign is one of the ancient Egyptian symbols, which means the unification of the
two lands, and as we know that the ancient Egyptian loves symbolism, he
brings a type of plant to point to the north and a different kind of
plant refers to the south and connects these two types of plants on one
peg.
This is a symbol of the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt over a
capital. The Sema-tawy sign represents the trachea and the king's
lungs with papyrus and lotus plant tied around it, which means that the
people of Egypt catch their breath of life through the king's lungs.