Caption

Vessel, Egyptian pottery, hand-made clay vessel; Old Kingdom, c. 2686–c. 2181 BC; from Edfu; vessel, height 33.5 cm, rim diameter 10.4 cm, body diameter 15.1 cm., A tall, weathered clay vessel with a rough, pitted surface occupies the image, showing an elongated, slightly tapered form with an irregular rim that has a small chip. The surface displays a range of earthy colors including light brown, tan, beige, and touches of gray, with darker brown spots and small shadowed cavities across the body. The texture appears coarse and porous with visible pits, cracks, and tiny holes, and there are subtle variations in hue creating faint horizontal banding and mottling. The background is a uniform neutral gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A04_465

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59.3Mb (2.7Mb) / 11.5in x 20.0in / 3456 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Vessel Egyptian pottery hand- clay vessel Old Kingdom c 2686–c 2181 Bc Edfu vessel height 33.5 cm rim diameter 10.4 cm body diameter 15.1 cm tall weathered clay vessel rough pitted surface occupies image showing elongated slightly tapered form irregular rim small chip surface displays range earthy colors light brown tan beige touches gray darker brown spots small shadowed cavities across body texture coarse porous visible pits cracks tiny holes subtle variations hue creating faint horizontal banding mottling background uniform neutral gray.