Bowl with Basket Pattern
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Object Label
This bowl exemplifies one of the finest types of Nubian ceramics, called eggshell ware for the thinness of its walls. Artisans painted the outside of these vessels—mostly open bowls and cups—with geometric patterns or designs derived from basketry. With walls only three to five millimeters thick, eggshell ware breaks easily; whole or nearly whole examples such as this piece are extremely rare.
Caption
Bowl with Basket Pattern, ca. 3300–3100 B.C.E.. Clay, pigment, 5 11/16 x greatest diam. 5 9/16 in. (14.4 x 14.2 cm) . Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 09.889.426. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.09.889.426_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
Not on view
Title
Bowl with Basket Pattern
Date
ca. 3300–3100 B.C.E.
Period
Predynastic Period, late Naqada III Period
Medium
Clay, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
5 11/16 x greatest diam. 5 9/16 in. (14.4 x 14.2 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
09.889.426
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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