Shallow Bowl Made From Fossilised Conglomerate - LO.656 Origin: Egypt Circa: 3600 BC to 2600 BC Dimensions: 6 " (15.2cm) depth Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Medium:  More »

Shallow Bowl Made From Fossilised Conglomerate - LO.656 Origin: Egypt Circa: 3600 BC to 2600 BC Dimensions: 6 " (15.2cm) depth Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Medium: Fossilised Conglomer   « Less

Egyptian Predynastic Oblong Plate - LO.1202 Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 2.25" (5.7cm) high x 11" (27.9cm) wide Collection: Egyptian antiquities Style: Predynastic Medium:  More »

Egyptian Predynastic Oblong Plate - LO.1202 Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 2.25" (5.7cm) high x 11" (27.9cm) wide Collection: Egyptian antiquities Style: Predynastic Medium: Sandstone   « Less

Egyptian Predynastic Oblong Plate - LO.1203 Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 2.75" (7.0cm) high x 11" (27.9cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Style: Predynastic Medium:  More »

Egyptian Predynastic Oblong Plate - LO.1203 Origin: Egypt Dimensions: 2.75" (7.0cm) high x 11" (27.9cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Style: Predynastic Medium: Sandstone   « Less

Bowl Made From Fossilised Conglomerate - PF.7001 Origin: Egypt Circa: 3600 BC to 2600 BC Dimensions: 2.6" (6.6cm) high x 7.8" (19.8cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Medium:  More »

Bowl Made From Fossilised Conglomerate - PF.7001 Origin: Egypt Circa: 3600 BC to 2600 BC Dimensions: 2.6" (6.6cm) high x 7.8" (19.8cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Medium: Fossilised Conglomer Condition: Restored   « Less

Naqada is a town on the west bank of the Nile known as Nubt in ancient Egypt. It gave its name to a pre-dynastic culture that existed in this area and other sites, stretching  More »

Naqada is a town on the west bank of the Nile known as Nubt in ancient Egypt. It gave its name to a pre-dynastic culture that existed in this area and other sites, stretching as far south as Nubia. Archaeologists sub-divide the period even further and ‘Naqada II’ refers to items produced c. 3500-3100 BC. During this era (also known as ‘Gerzean’) pottery production increased considerably and innovations in form, colour and technique were introduced. This reflects the increasingly complexity of society and new socio-economic conditions, such as intensified trade with groups from Western Asia. Farming became more intense and although hunting was still important, the lifestyle became more sedentary. The pottery produced in this period is characterised by the use of a pale clay, perhaps pre-worked on a hand wheel. The surface of the clay was left in its natural state and adorned with red-painted motifs of stylised people, animals, ships and geometric designs. Many of these are evocative of the flora and fauna of the Nile Valley. This particular vessel is of globular form with barrel-shaped lug handles and a flat everted rim. The decoration is applied in red-slip on a buff ground and consists of concentric circles interposed with horizontal and vertical wavy lines. Similar vessels have been found in pre- dynastic graves and once held liquids or substances for use in the afterlife. In addition to its historic value, the vessel has a strong aesthetic appeal with its bold, abstract design. (AM) - (SK.027 )   « Less

Predynastic Stone Vase - CK.0195 Origin: Egypt Circa: 4000 BC to 3000 BC Dimensions: 2.375" (6.0cm) high x 1.625" (4.1cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Style:  More »

Predynastic Stone Vase - CK.0195 Origin: Egypt Circa: 4000 BC to 3000 BC Dimensions: 2.375" (6.0cm) high x 1.625" (4.1cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Style: Predynastic Medium: Stone   « Less

Oxyrhynchus Fish - RP.229 Origin: Egypt Circa: 3600 BC to 2600 BC Dimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high x 1.4" (3.6cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Art Style:  More »

Oxyrhynchus Fish - RP.229 Origin: Egypt Circa: 3600 BC to 2600 BC Dimensions: 4.75" (12.1cm) high x 1.4" (3.6cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Art Style: Predynastic Medium: Stone   « Less

Egyptian Terracotta Votive Table - FF.088 Origin: Egypt Circa: 2100 BC to 1600 BC Dimensions: 6.5" (16.5cm) high x 6" (15.2cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Art Style: Old  More »

Egyptian Terracotta Votive Table - FF.088 Origin: Egypt Circa: 2100 BC to 1600 BC Dimensions: 6.5" (16.5cm) high x 6" (15.2cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Art Style: Old Kingdom Medium: Terracotta   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 2300 BC to 1300 BC Dimensions: 2" (5.1cm) high x 3.125" (7.9cm) wide Catalogue: V1 Collection: Egyptian Style: Middle/New Kingdom Medium:  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 2300 BC to 1300 BC Dimensions: 2" (5.1cm) high x 3.125" (7.9cm) wide Catalogue: V1 Collection: Egyptian Style: Middle/New Kingdom Medium: Hematite Though it is very ancient, the purity of line in this rare sculpture gives it a remarkably contemporary feel. With just a few simple features, the Egyptian artist has evoked the essence, the eternal spirit of a water bird (almost certainly a duck, since similar duck sculptures are known in faience). How amazing that millennia ago someone could have defined and captured the timeless qualities of nature and expressed them in a way that is as meaningful to the modern age as to the ancient one. FOUND IN SINAI - (PF.0301)   « Less

Origin: Egypt Circa: 19 th Century BC Dimensions: 2.75" (7.0cm) high x 3.125" (7.9cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: Middle Kingdom Medium: Faience This image of the  More »

Origin: Egypt Circa: 19 th Century BC Dimensions: 2.75" (7.0cm) high x 3.125" (7.9cm) wide Collection: Egyptian Style: Middle Kingdom Medium: Faience This image of the hippopotamus depicts the heavy, lumbering beast at ease as if it is resting on a bank of the Nile River with its head nestled between its fore-legs. In keeping with ancient Egyptian artistic conventions, the craftsmen have captured the essence of this mammal in a remarkably abstract manner with restrained modeling within a highly modernistic abstract design. Notice how subtly the details of the head are indicated with the slight depression between the eyes and the nostrils in the animal’s snout. Note as well the hieroglyphically designed eyes and their eyebrows. These observations of telling details have not been colored naturalistically because the hippo’s entire body is a turquoise- green in color, and that green surface has been enhanced with the addition floral motifs done in black glaze in a linear, calligraphic style. The turquoise color of the surface and the profusion of floral motifs rendered in black glaze may be taken to symbolize the Nilotic environment in which the hippopotamus lived and prospered. In general the hippopotamus, particularly the male of the species, was regarded by the ancient Egyptians as a representative of chaos because he often trampled and destroyed crops, as this famous passage from a didactic treatise of New Kingdom date reveals, “…Do you not recall the fate of the farmer when the harvest is registered? The worm has taken half the grain, the hippopotamus has devoured the rest…” Furthermore, the hippopotamus would impede travel on the Nile River and was widely feared by the ancient Egyptians because it posed a hazard to all boats trying to navigate waters in which it lived.   « Less