Jar with registers of plant ornament and animals

Ptolemaic Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134

This elaborately decorated vessel belongs to a later Ptolemaic type made outside Alexandria.

On the neck of the vessel partially preserved panels with nude figures in marsh environments can be noted. Two registers at the top of the body of the vessel show vegetal motifs. These are followed by a register with birds, fish, fruits, and other vegetation, and then a register with groupings of animals including a hare, and a griffon. The bottom of the vessel is cupped by a lotus calyx.

Jar with registers of plant ornament and animals, Faience

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Jar with registers of plant ornament and animals, Faience
Jar with registers of plant ornament and animals, Faience
Jar with registers of plant ornament and animals, Faience
Jar with registers of plant ornament and animals, Faience

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