Amphora with Cover

Description Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description A rare and fine example of so-called "Egyptian blue" ceramic ware, this lovely vase has a form similar to contemporary vessels of alabaster.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
10/20/1998	Examination	survey

Exhibitions

Egypt's Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom (1558-1085 B.C.). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston; Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1982-1983.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Luxor]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

1479-1425 BCE (New Kingdom, early 18th Dynasty)

Medium

Egyptian blue
(Glasswares)

Accession Number

47.1

Measurements

4 15/16 x 4 in. (12.6 x 10.2 cm) (h. x diam.); top of vase: 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm) (diam.); lid: 5/16 x 3 3/4 in. (0.8 x 9.5 cm) (h. x diam.)

Geography

Egypt, Luxor (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Egyptian Art