Tall, Round-Bottomed Jar
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Object Label
Like many vessels of the time, these two perpetuate the forms and understated design principles of the early Eighteenth Dynasty.
These wheel-made pottery vessels date from the era of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. Both of these pots originally held dry goods such as grain or fruit. The rounded bottom of the taller vessel indicates that it originally rested in a separate pottery stand.
Caption
Tall, Round-Bottomed Jar, ca. 1478–1390 B.C.E.. Clay, pigment, 13 x Diam. 6 13/16 in. (33 x 17.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.136. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Title
Tall, Round-Bottomed Jar
Date
ca. 1478–1390 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 18
Period
New Kingdom
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Clay, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
13 x Diam. 6 13/16 in. (33 x 17.3 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour
Accession Number
16.580.136
Frequent Art Questions
How did ancient people use pots?
Pots and jars were the main type of container in the ancient Mediterranean (Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia, et cetera). They were used to hold and store all kinds of things including water, wine, grain, beer, meat, olives, you name it!
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