Title: Blue-painted Jar from Malqata
Object type: Jar, open-mouthed, blue-painted ware, birds
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
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.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Malqata Palace of Amenhotep III  MMA excavations, 1910–11 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds