Vessel (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

3650-3300BC
Egyptian
Ceramics
Containers-Vessels
polychromed terracotta
Overall: 7 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (19.05 × 13.34 cm)
L.27.41.48
The use of red paint over a white slip became fashionable around 3500 BC, replacing polished red ware as the primary luxury ceramic. Vessels with scenes of daily life-here a boat with animals and plants-were particularly rare and valuable.
Pre-Dynastic Period (Gerzean or Nagada II Period)
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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