Vase with Painted Animals

Vase with Painted Animals

MEDIUM Clay, slip

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS

Reportedly from: Girga (vicinity), Egypt

Reportedly from: Awlad Yehya, Upper Egypt, Egypt

DATES ca. 3300-3100 B.C.E.

PERIOD Predynastic Period, early Naqada III Period

DIMENSIONS 13 x Diam. 7 in. (33 x 17.8 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

ACCESSION NUMBER 61.87

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY

CAPTION Vase with Painted Animals, ca. 3300-3100 B.C.E. Clay, slip, 13 x Diam. 7 in. (33 x 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 61.87. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 61.87_front_PS6.jpg)

all buff colored vase with red decorations. Above, large aardvarks (?) and below, two aardvarks (?), the one behind holding tail of foremost in his mouth; below them, a series of four serpents. On opposite side of vase a series of six vertical serpents. All decorations matt finish. Condition: Cracked at rim.

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