ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Vase
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
Date305 BCE-323 CE
MediumFaience
Credit LineMohamed Farid Khamis/Oriental Weavers Fund
Dimensions5 3/4 x 7 in. (14.6 x 17.8 cm)
Object number2005.015.001
Label TextAfter the defeat of Cleopatra VII by Octavian (the future Augustus Caesar) in 30 BCE, Egypt became one of Rome's wealthiest provinces and was closely connected to the wider empire. As people, goods, and ideas moved across the Roman world, new artistic styles mixed with established Egyptian media and cultural expressions. Here, the traditional material of faience is used to create a vessel more familar to Greek and Roman audiences.Exhibition HistoryFrom Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - March 13, 2018
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, June 4, 2018 - Present
Published ReferencesPiasa, Archeologie (September 28 - 29, 2004), 62, lot 282.
Terms
ProvenancePurchased by MCCM from Piasa, Paris, September 28, 2004, lot 282.
Status
On viewCollections
- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
ca. 2nd Century CE
late 1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
30 BCE-323 CE
332 BCE-642 CE
ca. 1st Century CE
1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
late 1st Century BCE
late 1st Century BCE-early 1st Century CE
3rd-2nd Century BCE
ca. 300 CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
1st Century CE
