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<em>Blue-painted Water Jar</em>, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Blue-painted Water Jar, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Blue-painted Water Jar</em>, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Blue-painted Water Jar, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Blue-painted Water Jar</em>, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_erg456.jpg)

Blue-painted Water Jar, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_erg456.jpg)

<em>Blue-painted Water Jar</em>, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Blue-painted Water Jar, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Blue-painted Water Jar</em>, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Blue-painted Water Jar, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Blue-painted Water Jar</em>, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Blue-painted Water Jar, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Blue-painted Water Jar</em>, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Blue-painted Water Jar, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

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Blue-painted Water Jar

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Blue painted decoration on large vessels became fashionable during the reign of Amenhotep III (circa 1390–1352 B.C.E.). The blue pigment was likely produced with cobalt, a mineral originating in the western oasis, located about 150 miles from the Nile Valley and accessible to the Egyptians since the Old Kingdom.
MEDIUM Clay, pigment
  • Place Excavated: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 18
    PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period
    DIMENSIONS 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 25.858
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society
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    CAPTION Blue-painted Water Jar, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
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    <em>Blue-painted Water Jar</em>, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 25 1/16 x Diam. 12 5/8 in. (63.7 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 25.858. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.25.858_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Blue-Painted
    Water Jar
    Pottery
    Painted
    Tell el Amarna, Egypt
    18th Dynasty
    New Kingdom
    Amarna Period
    Vessel
    Storage Jar
    Decorated
    Egypt Exploration Society
    Jar
    XVIII Dynasty
    Dynasty 18
    ca. 1353-1329 B.C.E.
    Tell el Amarna
    Amanra Age

    TAGS

    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Blue-Painted
    Water Jar
    Pottery
    Painted
    Tell el Amarna, Egypt
    18th Dynasty
    New Kingdom
    Amarna Period
    Vessel
    Storage Jar
    Decorated
    Egypt Exploration Society
    Jar
    XVIII Dynasty
    Dynasty 18
    ca. 1353-1329 B.C.E.
    Tell el Amarna
    Amanra Age

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