<em>Bottle with Openwork Shell</em>, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Egyptian blue, 6 11/16 x greatest diam. 2 15/16 in. (17 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.175. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.175_SL1.jpg)

Bottle with Openwork Shell, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Egyptian blue, 6 11/16 x greatest diam. 2 15/16 in. (17 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.175. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.175_SL1.jpg)

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Bottle with Openwork Shell

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

MEDIUM Egyptian blue

Place Made: Upper Egypt, Egypt

DATES ca. 1075–712 B.C.E.

PERIOD Third Intermediate Period

DIMENSIONS 6 11/16 x greatest diam. 2 15/16 in. (17 x 7.5 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 44.175

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view on the 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Bottle with Openwork Shell, ca. 1075–712 B.C.E. Egyptian blue, 6 11/16 x greatest diam. 2 15/16 in. (17 x 7.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 44.175. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.175_SL1.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 44.175_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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