Caption

Bottle fragment, unknown North Egyptian workshop; bottles; Egyptian pottery; tableware; figurative and geometric decorations; faces; water vessel qullah; painted Coptic vessel; Coptic pottery; painted Coptic pottery; Nile clay. Fragment of the upper body of a closed vessel, presumably a small-diameter bottle. Red ceramic fabric with a purple core, visible inclusions of gold mica and white-yellow limestone particles. Outer surface covered with white engobe, which took on a cream/cream-pink hue during firing. Interior brown and even. Exterior decorated with black and red paint, part of a larger composition, bordered at the top by a red band with black lines. Below is a fragment of a human head: arched eyebrows and round black pupils looking to the side. Hair indicated by many small dots painted on a red background. To the right of the head is a group of straight vertical black lines on a red ground. 6th–7th century, Tell Atrib; vessel bottle. Height 4.4 cm, width 6 cm., A broken piece of pottery with painted curved patterns sits against a plain grey background; the shard is mostly a pale terracotta color with areas of darker reddish-brown and black paint forming arcs, dots, and linear marks, and it shows visible cracks and rough, uneven edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_240

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (1.1Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bottle fragment unknown North Egyptian workshop bottles Egyptian pottery tableware figurative geometric decorations faces water vessel qullah painted Coptic vessel Coptic pottery painted Coptic pottery Nile clay Fragment upper body closed vessel presumably small-diameter bottle Red ceramic fabric purple core visible inclusions gold mica white-yellow limestone particles Outer surface covered white engobe cream cream-pink hue firing Interior brown even Exterior decorated black red paint part larger composition bordered top red band black lines fragment human head arched eyebrows round black pupils looking side Hair indicated small dots painted red background right head group straight vertical black lines red ground 6th–7th century Tell Atrib vessel bottle Height 4.4 cm width 6 cm broken piece pottery painted curved patterns sits plain grey background shard mostly pale terracotta color areas darker reddish-brown black paint forming arcs dots linear marks visible cracks rough uneven edges.