Légende

Cylindrical vessel with crosshatched decoration, painted vessels, Egyptian ceramics, engraved decorations, geometric motifs. The vessel has a shape resembling a cylinder, slightly tapering towards the bottom, with a slightly convex bottom, and a widely rolled-out rim. A plastic, wavy ornament runs 3/4 of the way up. It is arranged on the surface in such a way that the upper part of the vessel appears to be recessed relative to the lower. The surface is covered with a light engobe and decorated with a painted diagonal grid. B. Ruszczyc, c. 3200–c. 3050 BC; Predynastic Period, Naqada III Naqada phase IIIa2, Abusir el-Melek, vessel, height 27.5 cm, width 11 cm, weight 1.028 kg., A tall cylindrical ceramic vessel with a flared rim, showing a surface of beige and light tan clay with darker brownish-red painted zigzag line patterns around its body; the rim and upper edge have a slightly darker, more reddish-brown tone and there are areas of rough texture and small chips and cracks visible on the surface, plus some patches of darker brown spotting and lighter wear.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A03_109

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

55.5Mo (3.8Mo) / 27.4cm x 50.8cm / 3236 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Cylindrical vessel crosshatched decoration painted vessels Egyptian ceramics engraved decorations geometric motifs vessel shape resembling cylinder slightly tapering towards bottom slightly convex bottom widely rolled- rim plastic wavy ornament runs 3 4 way up arranged surface way upper part recessed relative lower covered light engobe decorated painted diagonal grid B Ruszczyc c 3200–c 3050 Bc Predynastic Period Naqada III Naqada phase IIIa2 Abusir el-Melek height 27.5 cm width 11 cm weight 1.028 kg tall cylindrical ceramic vessel flared rim showing beige light tan clay darker brownish-red painted zigzag line patterns body upper edge slightly darker reddish-brown tone areas rough texture small chips cracks visible plus patches darker brown spotting lighter wear.