© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Decorated Ware Vase

AAT Object Form/FunctionVases

AAT Object Form/FunctionVase Painting

Place FoundEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodPredynastic, Nagada II

Date3500-3350 BCE

MediumMarl clay, red ochre

Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget

Dimensions4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

Object number1921.020

Exhibition HistoryA Preview of the Collections, Schatten Gallery, February 15 - April 4, 1982
Monuments and Mummies: The Shelton Expedition, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, February 8 - June 25, 1989
The Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, February 9, 1992 - July 2012
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, May 1, 2013 - Present

ProvenanceAcquired for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.

Status

Not on view

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