Faience Ribbed Jar

New Kingdom

ca. 1550–1070 B.C.

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.

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Provenance

Title: Faience Ribbed Jar
Period: New Kingdom
Date: ca. 1550–1070 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 7.3 × Diam. rim 5.3 × Diam. 7.8 cm (2 7/8 × 2 1/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
Object Number: 2021.41.164
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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