Faience Ribbed Jar

New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 117

This small globular jar is made from Egyptian faience, a ceramic material associating a siliceous paste with an alkaline glaze, here of a characteristic turquoise blue. The ribbed pattern brings to mind similar a decoration found on metal vessels produced during the New Kingdom. Although this example is not very common, two comparable jars were found near a burial by a Belgian archaeological mission working in Elkab in 1999 that were dated to the New Kingdom or the Third Intermediate Period.

Faience Ribbed Jar, Faience

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Faience Ribbed Jar, Faience
Faience Ribbed Jar, Faience

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