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Exhibited Egyptian New Kingdom Pottery Pitcher, ex MIA
Exhibited Egyptian New Kingdom Pottery Pitcher, ex MIA
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Description
Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1292 BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery pitcher of utilitarian form with a thick, circular foot, a piriform body, a cylindrical neck with a slightly pinched pour spout, and a thick handle arching off the verso. Applied white pigment decorates the exterior surfaces, and droplet trails of the pigment are still visible within the neck. Size: 3.5" L x 3.1" W x 5.5" H (8.9 cm x 7.9 cm x 14 cm)

Exhibited at the Drexel Museum, Philadelphia, 1895 to 1914; with the Drexel Institute Collection, Minneapolis Museum of Art, 1915 to 1958, ref. no. 16.584; at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993; and in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1998 to 2023, reference number EL01.069.1998.

Cf. The University College London, UC8704

Provenance: Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California, USA; ex-Emil Brugsch Collection, curator of the Bulaq Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Exhibited at the Drexel Museum, Philadelphia, 1895 to 1914; with the Drexel Institute Collection, Minneapolis Museum of Art, 1915 to 1958, ref. no. 16.584; at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993; and in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1998 to 2023, reference number EL01.069.1998

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Condition
Minor fading to pigment, with abrasions and light pitting in scattered areas, and some earthen deposits, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to overall form. Previous museum number handwritten inside of neck.
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Exhibited Egyptian New Kingdom Pottery Pitcher, ex MIA

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Bob Dodge
Owner/Executive Director, Antiquities & Pre-Columbian Art
Sydelle Dienstfrey
PhD. Art History, Director, Fine & Visual Arts
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