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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 plastic figurines of crouching baboons with elbows on knees and 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. Date: 664–525 BC, Late Period, 26th Dynasty, Egypt. Vessel; height 17.5 cm +1.5 cm base, width 13.7 cm, weight 0.37 kg., A round, flattened vessel with a short flared neck and wide rim, shown upright on a clear stand against a plain dark gray background; the vessel surface is predominantly pale green with areas of light blue-green and subtle beige patina, and there is a darker irregular brownish stain near the center of its face; near the neck there is a band of incised decorative lines and geometric patterns, and two small applied sculptural elements at the shoulder on either side of the neck; a small fragment of a dark brown label is visible at the lower edge of the vessel.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A17_439

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

71.1Mo (5.5Mo) / 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 plastic figurines crouching baboons elbows knees paws supporting muzzle floral necklace depicted relief hieroglyphic text runs narrow sides Date 664–525 Bc Late Period 26th Dynasty Egypt Vessel height 17.5 cm +1.5 cm base width 13.7 cm weight 0.37 kg round flattened vessel short flared wide rim shown upright clear stand plain dark gray background vessel surface predominantly pale green areas light blue-green subtle beige patina darker irregular brownish stain near center face near band incised decorative lines geometric patterns two small applied sculptural elements shoulder side small fragment dark brown label visible lower edge vessel.