Rimmed Bowl

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodEarly Dynastic

Date2900-2545 BCE

MediumMarble

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions1 7/16 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in., 254 g (3.6 x 11.5 x 11.5 cm, 8 15/16 oz.)

Object number2018.010.650

Label TextStone vessels were frequently deposited in Early Dynastic elite and royal burials. Specialized artisans fashioned these vessels using drills with tubular flint bits and abrasives like powdered quartz. Often empty, the quantity and quality of these funerary vessels indicate their importance as objects of power and prestige.
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesMelinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 64.

ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France, May 28, 1974. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

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