Caption

Bottle fragment, unknown North Egyptian workshop, bottles, Egyptian pottery, tableware, figurative decorations, geometric decorations, faces, water vessels qullae, painted Coptic vessels, Coptic pottery, painted Coptic pottery, Nile clay. Fragment of the upper part 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. The outer surface is covered with white engobe, which took on a cream/cream-pink hue during firing. The interior of the vessel is brown and even. The exterior is decorated with black and red paint, part of a larger composition, bordered at the top by a red band edged with black lines. Below is a fragment of a human head: the eyes have arched eyebrows and round black pupils looking to the side. The hair is marked with many small dots painted on a red background. To the right of the head is a group of straight vertical lines painted with black on a red ground. 6th–7th century, Tell Atrib, vessel bottle, height 4.4 cm, width 6 cm., A fragment of a broken reddish-brown pottery shard with rough, uneven edges rests against a smooth gray background; the shard shows ridged curved markings on one surface and areas of darker brown and lighter tan on its face, with a small white rectangular patch attached to it and traces of faint darker smudges and marks on other areas.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_241

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.2Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bottle fragment unknown North Egyptian workshop bottles Egyptian pottery tableware figurative decorations geometric decorations faces water vessels qullae painted Coptic vessels Coptic pottery painted Coptic pottery Nile clay Fragment upper part 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 vessel brown even exterior decorated black red paint part larger composition bordered top red band edged black lines fragment human head eyes arched eyebrows round black pupils looking side hair marked small dots painted red background right head group straight vertical lines painted red ground 6th–7th century Tell Atrib vessel bottle height 4.4 cm width 6 cm broken reddish-brown pottery shard rough uneven edges rests smooth gray background shard ridged curved markings surface areas darker brown lighter tan face small white rectangular patch attached traces faint darker smudges marks areas.