Blue-Painted Storage Jar
Blue-Painted Storage Jar
Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (modern Amarna)
DateDynasty 18, about 1364-1353 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 Egypt Exploration Society
Object number
1925.681
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.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010-January 8, 2012.
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1350 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
100-125 CE
Workshop of the potter Nikosthenes
about 520 BCE
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