ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Painted Jar

(not assigned)Egypt

CultureEgyptian

PeriodPredynastic, Nagada II

Date3500-3350 BCE

MediumTerracotta, pigment

Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund

Object number2008.005.001

ProvenanceEx private collection, United States, acquired prior to 1974. Ex United States art market, 2006. Purchased by MCCM from Rupert Wace Ancient Art, Ltd., London, England.

Status

Not on view

Collections

Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art

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