C-Ware – deep bowl C-0113
By Droux, Xavier
, Settlement, north spur.
ex von Bissing collection (T415).Munich, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, ÄS 1806.
Date : Naqada IA–IIB
General range of C-ware production
Material : Nile silt (Painted)
Preservation : Intact
Decoration preservation : Very good
Preservation information :
Small chip at rim.
Description
The bottom of the interior of the vessel was not coated with the red haematite slip, nor polished.
Decoration
Two large, M-shaped zigzags face one another on the interior of the vesesel. In the middle of the space between them are two vertical plant motifs on opposite sides. Each of these motifs connects to a concentric lines, doubled in parts, that runs around the inside of the rim. Only the two plants also connect to a smaller, concentric line painted around the uncoated bottom.
Dimensions (cm)
7.3
18.2
18.2
Additional information
Open
Vi 249
Oi 100
Inside
Acknowledgements
We thank Sylvia Schoske and Sonia Focke for facilitating the study of this artefact in summer 2014.
References
1978
Meisterwerke altägyptischer Keramik: 5000 Jahre Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Ton und Fayence, 16. September bis 30 November 1978, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Rastal-Haus. Höhr-Grenzhausen
, 84, cat. 45.