Jar

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

mediaCollectionId

AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MIA_.2000.160.1

amicoid

MIA_.2000.160.1

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2002

aly

2002

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

oty

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

artist unknown

crn

artist unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

African; North African; Egyptian

crc

African; North African; Egyptian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

artist unknown

crt

artist unknown

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Jar

otn

Jar

Title

false

View:

Front

rid

Front

View

false

Creation Date:

about 1600 B.C.

oct

about 1600 B.C.

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

0

ocs

0

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

0

oce

0

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

alabaster

omd

alabaster

Materials and Techniques

false

Dimensions:

H.23-1/2 x Dia.6-7/8 in.

met

H.23-1/2 x Dia.6-7/8 in.

Dimensions

false

Component Measured:

overall

mcm

overall

Component Measured

false

Measurement Unit:

in

mdu

in

Measurement Unit

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

oon

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

oop

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

2000.160.1

ooa

2000.160.1

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton

ooc

Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html"target="_new">http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html</a>

Rights

false

Context:

Carved from Egyptian alabaster (calcite), this well-polished wine jar is of exceptional size and elegant proportions. Finely made stone vessels were one of the outstanding achievements of early Egyptian craftsmen. Working with native alabaster, they produced vases and dishes of a quality and simple elegance that were seldom surpassed. Many of these were ceremonial vessels. Placed in tombs, they contained precious substances for the afterlife. King Tut's tomb, for instance, contained over fifty elaborate alabaster jars containing treasured ungents. Ancient Egyptian murals depict jars of this shape being used to store wine and it is most likely that this elongated vase functioned as a ceremonial wine container.

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<P>Carved from Egyptian alabaster (calcite), this well-polished wine jar is of exceptional size and elegant proportions. Finely made stone vessels were one of the outstanding achievements of early Egyptian craftsmen. Working with native alabaster, they produced vases and dishes of a quality and simple elegance that were seldom surpassed. Many of these were ceremonial vessels. Placed in tombs, they contained precious substances for the afterlife. King Tut's tomb, for instance, contained over fifty elaborate alabaster jars containing treasured ungents. Ancient Egyptian murals depict jars of this shape being used to store wine and it is most likely that this elongated vase functioned as a ceremonial wine container.</P>

Context

false

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