Blue-Painted Storage Jar
Blue-Painted Storage Jar
Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna)
Date18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1350 BCE
Dimensions22 3/8 × 10 1/2 × 9 7/8 × 8 3/8 in. (56.8 × 26.7 × 25.1 × 21.3 cm)
MediumEarthenware with slip decoration
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society
Object number
1925.681
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic
DescriptionFrom Amarna?
Label TextThis painted storage jar was excavated in 1922 at Akhetaten (modern Amarna), the short-lived capital of Pharaoh Akhenaten, by the Egypt Exploration Society. The jar is decorated with a blue lotus-petal motif and was designed to stand upright in a fitted base. It was assigned to the Toledo Museum of Art that year through the formal division of finds conducted by the EES.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010-January 8, 2012.
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1350 BCE
7th century BCE
about 1150 BCE
The Acheloos Painter, Leagros Group
about 510-500 BCE
5th century BCE?
200-225 CE
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