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-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A painted ceramic jar with a narrow neck and round-bottomed form, decorated in bands and geometric shapes on the body and neck.
The image shows a single tall jar displayed in a museum case. The vessel has a dark, rounded rim and a narrow neck, transitioning to a rounded, round-bottomed body. The exterior is coated with reddish-orange pigment or slip and is painted with horizontal dark bands. On the upper portion of the body and around the neck/upper shoulder area, there are large, dark triangular or stylized zigzag/chevron-like motifs. No clearly legible hieroglyphic or alphabetic inscriptions are visible. No cartouches or royal names are discernible. The jar appears intact with paint decoration still largely preserved, though the lighting and angle obscure fine details. The catalogue’s title corresponds well to the visible shape: a tall, round-bottomed jar. While the period is catalogued as New Kingdom, the image alone cannot securely confirm the date style, so the period estimate is kept as 'New Kingdom (per catalogue; image not sufficient to confirm)'.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.580.136 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3183 tier-2
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