Fragment
c. 1347 BC - c.1332 BC (made)
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Body sherd of a red earthenware vessel, possibly a piriform (pear-shaped) storage jar. The exterior surface has a cream slip, over which is painted blue decoration, with horizontal red and vertical black lines.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Slipped and blue-painted earthenware |
| Brief description | Fragment of a vessel, slipped and blue-painted earthenware, Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty Eighteen |
| Physical description | Body sherd of a red earthenware vessel, possibly a piriform (pear-shaped) storage jar. The exterior surface has a cream slip, over which is painted blue decoration, with horizontal red and vertical black lines. |
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| Gallery label | Historic display label:
XVIIIth Dynasty
From Tel-el-Amarna
4335-1901 (later addition in pencil: +A +B) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | This object formed part of the Ceramics collection at the Museum of Practical Geology, on Jermyn Street, which was transferred en masse to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1901. Before that point, it was collected by Flinders Petrie at Amarna and given to the Jermyn Street Museum in 1882. So-called 'blue-painted' pottery is well known from the New Kingdom, particularly the sites of Amarna and Malqata, a palace of Amenhotep III. The blue pigment used for decorating the surface of such jars was made from cobalt, sourced from the western deserts of Egypt. Common motifs included a range of floral and faunal patterns. |
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| Accession number | 4335A-1901 |
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| Record created | June 19, 2018 |
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