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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Lug-Handled Vessel
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Lug-Handled Vessel

AAT Object Form/Functionvessels (containers)
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodPredynastic, Nagada II
Date3500-3350 BCE
MediumIndurated limestone
Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund
Dimensions4 x 7 in. (10.2 x 17.8 cm)
Object number2001.006.001
Label TextLater, in the Naqada II, or Gerzean, Period vessels were sometimes decorated with designs in red paint either imitating stone vessels or depicting ritualistic funerary scenes in which a boat brings the deceased for burial.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - Present
Published ReferencesChristie's London, Fine Antiquities (6 July 1994), 9, lot 12.
Sotheby's New York, Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art (December 8, 2000), 15, lot 24.
ProvenanceProbably London art market, July 11, 1966, number 136. With Christie's London, July 7, 1994, lot 12. Purchased by MCCM from Sotheby's New York, December 8, 2000, lot 24.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art