Légende

Vessel, Egyptian pottery, ceramics, clay vessel, conical-shaped vessel, widest at approximately 3/4 of its height. Quite wide, almost horizontal shoulders slightly sloping. Wide, short, funnel-shaped neck, widening towards the spout. Wide spout, flat in the upper part, slightly rounded at the bottom, slightly asymmetrical. Flat bottom, asymmetrical. Surface leveled. Lower part finished to approximately 2/3 of its height with a knife or similar tool. Outer surface and inner surface of the rim and neck covered with a layer of dark red engobe. Vessel color dark red. Vessel complete; surface eroded in many places, numerous clay chips on the rim. Ca. 2686–ca. 2181 BC; Old Kingdom, Edfu, vessel, height 16 cm, diameter 8.6 cm rim, diameter 10.7 cm body, diameter 4.5 cm bottom., A single tall earthenware vessel with a wide flaring rim and a tapered body fills the image against a plain background. The surface of the vessel is textured and worn, showing rough patches and small pitted areas. Its overall color is a warm reddish-brown with mottled darker specks and lighter tan flecks scattered across the body and rim. The background is a muted gray, providing contrast to the reddish-brown of the vessel.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A03_133

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

70.7Mo (1.5Mo) / 34.9cm x 50.8cm / 4121 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Vessel Egyptian pottery ceramics clay vessel conical-shaped vessel widest approximately 3 4 height Quite wide almost horizontal shoulders slightly sloping Wide short funnel-shaped neck widening towards spout Wide spout flat upper part slightly rounded bottom slightly asymmetrical Flat bottom asymmetrical Surface leveled Lower part finished approximately 2 3 knife tool Outer surface inner surface rim neck covered layer dark red engobe Vessel color dark red Vessel complete surface eroded places numerous clay chips Ca 2686–ca 2181 Bc Old Kingdom Edfu vessel height 16 cm diameter 8.6 cm rim diameter 10.7 cm body diameter 4.5 cm bottom single tall earthenware vessel wide flaring tapered body fills image plain background surface textured worn showing rough patches small pitted areas color warm reddish-brown mottled darker specks lighter tan flecks scattered across body background muted gray providing contrast reddish-brown vessel.