Vase with Painted Animals

Medium: Clay, pigment

Geograhical Locations:

• Girga (vicinity), Egypt
• Awlad Yehya, Upper Egypt, Egypt

Dates:ca. 3300–3100 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 13 × Diam. 7 1/4 in. (33 × 18.4 cm)

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Accession Number: 61.87

Image: 61.87_front_PS6.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Tall buff colored vase with red decorations. Above, large crocodiles (?) and below, two crocodiles (?), the one behind holding tail of foremost in his mouth; below them, a series of four serpents. On opposite side of vase a series of six vertical serpents. All decorations matt finish. Condition: Cracked at rim.

Brooklyn Museum