Légende

Bottle, unknown Egyptian workshop; painted Coptic pottery vessel bottle, marl clay with limestone inclusions, possibly sealed/repaired with bitumen. Rounded, falling rim; concavely profiled, almost cylindrical neck flowing into rounded shoulders decorated with fine ribs. Two handles one fragmentary attached at lower neck and upper shoulders. Ovoid body with grooved lower body turning traces and ring-shaped foot. Outer surface brown and smoothed. Faint black-painted decoration on shoulders: two arcades of parallel arches separated by a row of dots, arranged symmetrically one arcade between the handles. Irregular concentration of black substance at the highest bulge of the body below the damaged handle, likely bitumen. 6th century; from Edfu. Height 22.7 cm; spout diameter 4.3 cm; neck diameter 3.0 cm; belly diameter 14.9 cm; bottom diameter 7.2 cm., A weathered earthenware vessel with a rounded body and a narrow neck topped by a flared rim, showing rough textured surface and small chips, featuring a curved handle attached near the neck, resting against a plain light gray background; the vessel displays muted tones of brown, reddish-brown, tan, and hints of gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A19_052

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

77.2Mo (1.1Mo) / 38.1cm x 50.8cm / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Bottle unknown Egyptian workshop painted Coptic pottery vessel bottle marl clay limestone inclusions sealed repaired bitumen Rounded falling rim concavely profiled almost cylindrical neck flowing rounded shoulders decorated fine ribs Two handles fragmentary attached lower neck upper shoulders Ovoid body grooved lower body turning traces ring-shaped foot Outer surface brown smoothed Faint black-painted decoration shoulders two arcades parallel arches separated row dots arranged symmetrically arcade handles Irregular concentration black substance highest bulge body damaged handle 6th century Edfu Height 22.7 cm spout diameter 4.3 cm neck diameter 3.0 cm belly diameter 14.9 cm bottom diameter 7.2 cm weathered earthenware vessel rounded body narrow neck topped flared rim showing rough textured surface small chips featuring curved handle attached near neck resting plain light gray background vessel displays muted tones brown reddish-brown tan hints gray.