EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA JAR WITH NILOTHIC PLANTS

拍品描述

Amarna Period, Ca. 1353 - 1336 BC. A pottery jar with a globular body narrowing at the shoulder to a tall cylindrical neck with a thickened everted rim. The neck is encircled by horizontal bands in red, blue, and black, with a frieze of upright blue petals alternating with red stamens, and a toothed band. The shoulder is decorated with a frieze of alternating fan-shaped buds with pointed petals, bounded above and below by further bands. The lower body is left plain. For similar see: The Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Egyptian Collection, INV 10071. Size: 470mm x 300mm; Weight: 5.8kg Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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