Conical Lid
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Always fascinated by the urban spectacle, Everett Shinn here captured the misty atmosphere of a rainy day along New York City’s Fifth Avenue with broad strokes of thinly layered pastels in a muted palette. The stark silhouette of a couple dressed in black stands out against the sketchily rendered surroundings. Buildings and other forms appear dematerialized in the hazy effects of inclement weather, although the distinctive triangular profile of the Flatiron Building is still recognizable.
Caption
Conical Lid, ca. 3300–3100 B.C.E.. Clay, height: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); greatest diam.: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) . Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.485. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 07.447.485_side1_PS2.jpg)
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Title
Conical Lid
Date
ca. 3300–3100 B.C.E.
Period
Predynastic Period, Naqada III Period (probably)
Geography
Place excavated: El Ma'mariya, Egypt
Medium
Clay
Classification
Dimensions
height: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); greatest diam.: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
07.447.485
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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