Grain Storage Jar with Blue-Painted Lotus Plants and Floral Collar
Description
Object Label: Vessels with Blue-Painted Designs The most innovative pottery of the Eighteenth Dynasty—so-called bluepainted ware—began under Thutmose III. The pastel pigment was made from groundup blue frit, a mixture of cobalt and alum. Initially, potters relied on blue paint to accentuate small details, such as the grape cluster hanging from a vine on the wine jar in this case. Over time, though, artists began to use blue paint for more complex designs and figures. Caption: Grain Storage Jar with Blue-Painted Lotus Plants and Floral Collar, ca. 1353–1329 B.C.E.. Clay, pigment, 27 9/16 × Diam. 15 5/8 in. (70 × 39.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.245. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A clay vessel with decorative designs inscribed on its surface.
This is a pottery vessel with a rounded base and a narrow neck, typical of ancient Egyptian craftsmanship. The surface is decorated with engraved linear patterns that may represent symbolic or ornamental motifs. The vessel shows signs of age, with some wear but is largely intact.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.245 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3164 tier-2
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