Blue-painted Jar from Malqata
Object type: Jar, open-mouthed, blue-painted ware, birds
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Medium: pottery, slip, paint
Dimensions: H. 46.5 × Dia.17.6 cm (18 5/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Largest Dia. 30 cm (11 13/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Malqata
Locale: Palace of Amenhotep III
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession year: 1911
Tags: Birds