Fake – C-ware, double-jar FAK-0001
By Droux, Xavier
Archaeological site unknown.
1900–1901 : Gift from the Cairo Museum to Schiaparelli.Turin, Fondazione Museo delle Egizie, S.1823.
Material : Nile silt (Genuine vessel, forged decoration)
Preservation : Almost complete
Decoration
Fake decoration of geometric patterns at necks and bases. On one of the jars, a large crocodile seen in top view is followed by a series of hunters, each sporting a branch- or feather-like headdress and another branch- or feather-like object in their hands. The first hunter carries a spear over his shoulders. On the second vessel, a man holds a bow readied with an arrow in one hand, and a rope connected to a series of antelopes in the other hand. The last antelope of the series, in a recumbent position, faces the opposite direction as the other antelopes and looks backward; it is placed immediately in front of the man's bow.
Dimensions (cm)
18.6
25.1
Bases diam.: 4.3; 4.2; Rims diam.: 5.2; 5.1; Max. diam.: 11.9; 11.6
Additional information
Closed
round base
Comments
Distance between rims: 8 cm; thickness of the 'bridge': 7.25 (height), 6.7 (width).
Acknowledgements
We thank the staff of the collection management office at the Museo Egizio for facilitating access to this artefact.
References
1965
Egyptian art in the Egyptian Museum of Turin: paintings, sculpture, furniture, textiles, ceramics, papyri. New York
, pl. VII.1998
Peaux d'animaux comme symboles prédynastiques: à propos de quelques représentations sur les vases White Cross-lined. Chronique d'Egypte 73
, 209–210, n. 12.2015
De la figure anthropomorphe prédynastique à l’émergence de l’image de Pharaon: pour une approche transversale de l’imagerie pré- et protodynastique égyptienne (Nagada I-Nagada III, 3900-2700 av. J.-C.). Archéologie et Préhistoire. PHD thesis, University of Strasbourg. Strasbourg
, 1357, ref. VC_IND_010.