Painted Beaker
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Clay, slip
DATES
ca. 3500 B.C.E.
DIMENSIONS
height: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)
diameter: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2015.65.33
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A beaker with a slightly everted rim and a barely perceptible swelling just above the point at which it begins to taper to a small disk base. Horizontal bands, centered on a double band of short, thick, vertical strokes, decorate the region of the swelling. The upper half of the beaker is divided into tall narrow segments alternately filled with thin vertical lines and single columns of triangles.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Painted Beaker, ca. 3500 B.C.E. Clay, slip, height: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.33. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Photograph courtesy of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York, CUR.2015.65.33_Sackler_Foundation_image.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2015.65.33_Sackler_Foundation_image.jpg. Photograph courtesy of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York, 2015
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