Fake – C-ware, bowl FAK-0003
By Droux, Xavier
Archaeological site unknown.
1900–1901 : Gift of the Cairo Museum to Schaparelli.Turin, Fondazione Museo delle Egizie, S.01826.
Material : Nile silt (Genuine vessel, forged decoration)
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
Two sherds are mended back onto the main part of the vessel; small sherd still missing at the rim. Heavy salt concretions on the outside.
Description
The paint has a distinctive dark, ashen coloration, with a blackening toward the edges of the lines. The vessel is most likely a genuine predynastic red-polished bowl onto which decoration imitating the C-ware style was added in modern times, probably in order to increase its sale value.
Decoration
Fake decoration consisting of irregularly hatched triangles, oblique lines with short perpendicular strokes, a concentric line at the bottom of the vessel filled with seven triangles, of which four are hatched. Many occurences of lines painted twice and of overlapping.
Dimensions (cm)
3.9
13.5
13.5
Base diameter: 3.5
Additional information
Open
Vi 346
Oi 100
flat base
Acknowledgements
We thank the staff of the collection management office at the Museo Egizio for facilitating access to this artefact.
