Légende

Fragment of a vessel, painted Coptic vessel with figural decoration, 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, Tell Atrib, vessel, height 3.2 cm, width 4 cm, A fragment of reddish-brown pottery with rough, uneven edges sits against a smooth gray background; the pottery piece shows layered texture and slight ridges on its surface and has areas of darker brown along one edge, while small patches of lighter tan appear where the surface is worn.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A06_245

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (1.0Mo) / 50.8cm x 38.1cm / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Fragment vessel painted Coptic vessel figural decoration body 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 Tell Atrib height 3.2 cm width 4 cm fragment reddish-brown pottery rough uneven edges sits smooth gray background pottery piece layered texture slight ridges surface areas darker brown edge small patches lighter tan worn.