Légende

New Year's canteen, Flat round faience canteen with a narrow short neck ending in a chipped spout shaped like a papyrus capital, decorated on both sides with modeled figurines of crouching baboons elbows on knees, paws supporting the muzzle. A floral necklace is depicted in relief on both sides of the neck, and a hieroglyphic text runs along the narrow sides. Materials: faience. Function: vessel. Date: 664–525 BC, Late Period, 26th Dynasty, Egypt. Height 17.5 cm + 1.5 cm base, width 13.7 cm, weight 0.37 kg., A smooth, egg-shaped vessel in a pale green color stands upright against a neutral gray background, with a flared neck and lip in a slightly darker green; the body shows a vertical band of shallow incised lines running from neck to base and a faint pattern of small dotted spots and subtle discoloration in greens and brownish tones, and a small projection near the neck where the band meets the rim.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A17_438

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

71.1Mo (6.0Mo) / 42.2cm x 42.2cm / 4985 x 4985 (300dpi)

Mots clés

New Year's canteen Flat round faience canteen narrow short neck ending chipped spout shaped papyrus capital decorated sides modeled figurines crouching baboons elbows knees paws supporting muzzle floral necklace depicted relief hieroglyphic text runs narrow sides Materials faience Function vessel Date 664–525 Bc Late Period 26th Dynasty Egypt Height 17.5 cm + 1.5 cm base width 13.7 cm weight 0.37 kg smooth egg-shaped vessel pale green color stands upright neutral gray background flared neck lip slightly darker green body vertical band shallow incised lines running base faint pattern small dotted spots subtle discoloration greens brownish tones small projection near band meets rim.