Blue-Painted Storage Jar
Blue-Painted Storage Jar
Place of OriginEgypt, from Akhetaten (modern Amarna)
DateNew Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1350 BCE
Dimensions12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
12 1/2 × 8 × 8 × 5 3/4 in. (31.8 × 20.3 × 20.3 × 14.6 cm)
12 1/2 × 8 × 8 × 5 3/4 in. (31.8 × 20.3 × 20.3 × 14.6 cm)
MediumEarthenware with paint.
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society
Object number
1925.771
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic
DescriptionFrom Amarna?
Label TextBlue painted pottery was invented in the middle of Dynasty 18 and made for only a few generations. To decorate these jars—designed to be set in stands—artisans used pigments made from powdered blue glass. The color was perfect for painting the petals of the blue lotus, symbol of rebirth. Tomb paintings show similar jars draped with garlands of lotuses.Published ReferencesLuckner, Kurt T. "The Art of Egypt, Part 2." Toledo Museum News, New Series: Vol. 14, No. 3, Fall 1971; repr. Fig. 5, p. 64.
Peck, William H., Sandra E. Knudsen and Paula Reich, Egypt in Toledo: The Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 2011, p. 59, repr. (col.).
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010-January 8, 2012.
Dynasty 18, about 1364-1353 BCE
late 4th century BCE
The Acheloos Painter, Leagros Group
about 510 BCE
800-700 BCE
Mycenaean, about 1150 BCE
The Acheloos Painter, Leagros Group
about 510-500 BCE
The Antimenes Painter
525-500 BCE
Dynasty VIII (1570-1349 BCE), Amarna Period (1372-1353 BCE)
2330-2055 BCE
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