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Photo of collection object Blue-Painted Storage Jar — Blue-Painted Storage Jar, ca. 1353-1329 B.C.E.. Clay, pigment, 26 9/16 × Diam. 17 1/8 in. (67.4 × 43.5 cm). 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, 16.244. Creative Commons-BY.

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum

Blue-Painted Storage Jar

ca. 1353-1329 B.C.E.

Maker Unknown

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.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Vessel
Formatted Medium: Clay, pigment
Medium: clay, pigment
Locations: Place made: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dimensions: 26 9/16 × Diam. 17 1/8 in. (67.4 × 43.5 cm)
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Accession Number

16.244

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

Exhibitions

Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Infinite Blue

Rights Statement

Creative Commons-BY

Museum Location

This item is not on view

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