Pilgrim Flask
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View: Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
Archaeologists working at the Upper Egypt site of el-Amarna have discovered many vessels similar to this example, all dating to the last years of extensive contact between Egypt and the Aegean during the Eighteenth Dynasty.
MEDIUM
Clay, slip
DATES
ca. 1425–1300 B.C.E.
PERIOD
Mycenaean IIIA Period
DIMENSIONS
5 5/16 × Diam. 3 11/16 in. (13.5 × 9.3 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
16.43
CREDIT LINE
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
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Spherical pottery vase, buff body, with orange-red concentric circles. Cylindrical neck with to handles joining neck to body.
Condition: Assembled from several pieces; portions of sides and all of the base missing.
CAPTION
Mycenaean. Pilgrim Flask, ca. 1425–1300 B.C.E. Clay, slip, 5 5/16 × Diam. 3 11/16 in. (13.5 × 9.3 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, 16.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 16.43_PS11.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 16.43_PS11.jpg., 2019
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