High-Shouldered Jar, between 3400 and 3100 BCE

  • Egyptian

Terracotta

  • Overall (handles): 6 3/4 × 9 7/8 inches (17.1 × 25.1 cm)

Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900

1990.86

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 3400 and 3100 BCE, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900, 1990.86.