Tall, Round-Bottomed Jar
Description
Object Label: Two Simple Storage Vessels Like many vessels of the time, these two perpetuate the forms and understated design principles of the early Eighteenth Dynasty. These wheel-made pottery vessels date from the era of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. Both of these pots originally held dry goods such as grain or fruit. The rounded bottom of the taller vessel indicates that it originally rested in a separate pottery stand. Caption: Tall, Round-Bottomed Jar, ca. 1478–1390 B.C.E.. Clay, pigment, 13 x Diam. 6 13/16 in. (33 x 17.3 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, 16.580.136. (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.
An ancient Egyptian ceramic vessel with decorative bands.
The image depicts a tall, slender ceramic vessel with a pointed base, likely for storage purposes. It features decorative painted bands in red and black near the opening and along the body. The vessel is characterized by simple geometric designs and symmetrical decoration, indicative of ancient Egyptian pottery styles.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.580.136 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3183 tier-2
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