About the Artwork
Black-topped Pot
between 3800 and 3200 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Terracotta
Overall: 11 7/8 × 6 7/8 inches (30.2 × 17.5 cm)
Ceramics
African Art
Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900
1990.39
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Markings
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Marked, in pencil: R55 Marked, on side: [two unidentifiable marks]
Provenance
probably 1898-99, probably excavated from cemetery R (Hu, Egypt)
1900, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Egyptian, Black-topped Pot, between 3800 and 3200 BCE, terracotta. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900, 1990.39.
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