Vessel
Artist
Egypt
Date1200 BCE
Mediumceramic
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1910.3.186 LA
DescriptionCone-shaped vessel with knob on top that has a small hole. Rounded shoulders, sloping to point at bottom. Stamped decoration teardrops alternating with a flower. Four panels of flowers. Use unknown, called grenades, perfume censers, or cooling device for kilns. Grave offering? as found at Sakkara cemetery in Egypt.On View
Not on viewCollections
post 1918
1720-1726
2nd-3rd century