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| Keywords: Egyptian - Vessel with Lid - Walters 48426 - Side B.jpg The finest of three lidded faience baskets to survive from the New Kingdom this example shows how the artisan tried to imitate actual fiber baskets Even the base of the vessel imitates coiled fiber The vessel and its lid were held together by decoratively laced string ca 1400 1300 BC New Kingdom Egyptian faience with black pigment cm 19 11 1 9 8 accession number 48 426 12572 Rev William MacGregor Tamworth Staffordshire Sale Sotheby Wilkinson Hodge London June 26-29 and July 4-6 1922 no 270 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris 1922 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 Egypt's Golden Age The Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558-1085 B C Museum of Fine Arts Boston Boston; Houston Museum of Natural Science Houston; The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1982-1983 Gifts of the Nile Ancient Egypian Faience Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Providence; The Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland; Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth 1998-1999 place of origin Tuna el-Gebel in present-day Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian pottery in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
