The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Mit Rahina Ware Vessel
200–100 BCE
(332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)
Diameter: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in.); Overall: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Location: 107 Egyptian
Description
With its eggshell-thin walls and low-relief decoration, this vessel is one of the very finest examples of Mit Rahina ware. The decoration is a system of friezes incorporating non-Egyptian motifs; the griffins and rosettes are Persian, while the egg-and-dart edge pattern is Greek. Contrasting hues and traces of gold hint at an original appearance that must have been stunning.- Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 488-9; Mentioned: p.488-90
- The Year in Review for 1989. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).CMA, 6 February-16 April 1990, The Year in Review: Selections 1989, cat.: CMA Bulletin 77, no. 2 (February 1990), no. 1, illus. p. 52; CMA/Providence/Fort Worth 1998-99 (CMA only)
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.31