NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, 1550-1307 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN POTTERY VASE
New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII,
1550-1307 B.C.
The ovoid vessel wheel-made of Nile silt covered with a pink wash, both sides of the body decorated with a leaping bull-calf facing left, framed with floral motifs, three horizontal bands above and below the scene, alternating rays and floral motifs on the shoulders, six horizontal bands on the tall thin neck, with a flaring rim and foot
16 15/16 in. (43 cm) high

Provenance

Plaisant Jozef Nestor, acquired 1910-1940

Lot Essay

In addition to pottery vessels, the subject of a leaping calf was popular on New Kingdom frescoes, wall tiles and inlays. Most of the surviving painted vessels are fragmentary. For a similar example see no. 69 in Brovarski, et al., Egypt's Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom.

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