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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.
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154727
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Mit Rahina Ware Vessel
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154727
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Mit Rahina Ware Vessel
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.
date
200–100 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q60761409
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Vessels
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Diameter: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in.); Overall: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.)
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Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)
accession
1989.31
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polychrome faience
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Mit Rahina Ware Vessel, 200–100 BCE. Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE). Polychrome faience; diameter: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in.); overall: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1989.31
collection
Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
citations
citation
E. H. T. “The Year in Review: Selections 1989.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 2 (February 1990): 38–78.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 66, no. 1; Reproduced: p. 52
citation
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
page_number
Reproduced: p. 488-9; Mentioned: p.488-90
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-06-10 19:46:08.820000
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154727
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Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
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Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
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polychrome faience
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