Vessel with Lug Handles

Arts of Africa

Predynastic Period/Old Kingdom (about 4000–2250 BCE)

Egyptian

This jar was carved from very hard stone using a simple drill fitted with a copper tip. The small lug handles allowed for it to be suspended by cords. Vessels like this one were probably used for the storage of ointment or liquids.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Vessel with Lug Handles
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 4000 BCE–2250 BCE
Medium: Stone
Dimensions: 10.6 × 16.2 × 15.3 cm (4 3/16 × 6 7/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Norman W. Harris, and Robert H. Fleming
Reference Number: 1894.256
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 90 (ill.).

The Art Institute of Chicago, acquired in 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Robert H. Fleming, and Norman W. Harris.

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