Caption

Fragment of the body of a vessel with decoration painted in black and red against a pink-beige engobe background. Around the face, preserved only on the right side of the head, is wavy black hair covering the ear. The black pupils are surrounded by an almond-shaped outline resembling the shape of the eye. The nose is represented by a long vertical and a short horizontal line; the mouth by two unequal lines. A round black dot is next to the face. Nile clay of medium porosity. 5th–6th century, Egyptian workshop, Tell Atrib, painted Coptic vessel with figural decorations; height 3.2 cm, width 4 cm., A fragment of pottery with a rough, irregular shape sits against a plain gray background. The pottery piece is mainly a tan or light brown color with areas of darker brown and reddish-brown pigment forming irregular patches and worn shapes. The surface shows texture variations and some chipped edges, and the lighting creates soft shadows around the fragment.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_244

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (650.0Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment body vessel decoration painted black red pink-beige engobe background face preserved right side head wavy black hair covering ear black pupils surrounded almond-shaped outline resembling shape eye nose represented long vertical short horizontal line mouth two unequal lines round black dot next Nile clay medium porosity 5th–6th century Egyptian workshop Tell Atrib painted Coptic vessel figural decorations height 3.2 cm width 4 cm fragment pottery rough irregular shape sits plain gray background pottery piece mainly tan light brown color areas darker brown reddish-brown pigment forming irregular patches worn shapes surface texture variations chipped edges lighting creates soft shadows fragment.