High-shouldered Jar, between 3300 and 3100 BCE

  • Egyptian

Terracotta

  • Overall: 16 5/8 × 9 1/4 inches (42.2 × 23.5 cm)

Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900

1990.167

Department

African Art

probably 1898-99, probably excavated from a cemetery at (Hu, Egypt) or (Abadiyeh, Egypt)

1900, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund

1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Egyptian, High-shouldered Jar, between 3300 and 3100 BCE, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900, 1990.167.