Blue-Painted Storage Jar
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Blue painted decoration on large vessels became fashionable during the reign of Amenhotep III (circa 1390–1352 B.C.E.). The blue pigment was likely produced with cobalt, a mineral originating in the western oasis, located about 150 miles from the Nile Valley and accessible to the Egyptians since the Old Kingdom.
MEDIUM
Clay, pigment
DATES
ca. 1353–1329 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
Dynasty 18
PERIOD
New Kingdom, Amarna Period
DIMENSIONS
26 9/16 × Diam. 17 1/8 in. (67.4 × 43.5 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
16.244
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Large red pottery storage jar. Biconical body, cylindrical neck. Upper half of body decorated with four registers of conventionalized floral motifs in blue and red with black outlines. Blue band around neck.
Condition: Poor. Rim entirely missing. Body cracked. Painted decorations on one side of body entirely missing.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Blue-Painted Storage Jar, ca. 1353–1329 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 26 9/16 × Diam. 17 1/8 in. (67.4 × 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.244. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.244_erg456.jpg)
IMAGE
overall,
CUR.16.244_erg456.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 9/5/2007
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