Caption

Painted storage vessel, storage vessels, painted Coptic vessels, figural decorations, floral decorations. Fragment of the upper part of a large storage vessel: the neck and upper part of the body. The decoration is painted in black and red on a creamy white underlay. The rim of the vessel has a thick, outward-protruding edge with a concave outer surface. The upper part of the vessel is painted with a row of horizontally running spirals, on which large red spots are painted. The spirals are enclosed in red horizontal stripes, each bounded at the top and bottom by black lines. Below, partially on the body, are figural representations: heads, or fragments of male or female figures. The central head is surrounded by a halo. The space between the heads is filled with floral elements in the lower part and with black dots in the upper part. The heads on the sides are wearing headgear - there are no haloes. Vessel made of Nile clay, medium porous N.B2. 6th century, Egypt, vessel, diameter 26 cm external rim, height 31 cm, A broken ceramic fragment with curved and angular edges shows painted concentric circular patterns and bands in muted red, black, beige, and off-white on a gray background; the surface is weathered with flaking and small chips, and a few pieces appear reassembled along visible cracks, while a small attached protrusion displays a simple face-like motif with circular eyes in similar colors.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A06_249

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.9Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Painted storage vessel storage vessels painted Coptic vessels figural decorations floral decorations Fragment upper part large storage vessel neck body decoration painted black red creamy white underlay rim vessel thick outward-protruding edge concave outer surface row horizontally running spirals large red spots enclosed red horizontal stripes bounded top bottom black lines partially figural representations heads fragments male female figures central head surrounded halo space filled floral elements lower part black dots sides wearing headgear - no haloes Vessel Nile clay medium porous N.B2 6th century Egypt diameter 26 cm external rim height 31 cm broken ceramic fragment curved angular edges painted concentric circular patterns bands muted red beige off-white gray background surface weathered flaking small chips pieces reassembled visible cracks small attached protrusion displays simple face- motif circular eyes colors.