id: 101374
accession number: 1920.1987
share license status: CC0
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Squat Jar with Lug Handles, c. 3400–3300 BCE. Egypt, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE), Naqada IIb (3650–3300 BCE). Marl clay pottery; diameter: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); diameter of mouth: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); overall: 14.5 x 23.2 cm (5 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1987
title: Squat Jar with Lug Handles
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creation date: c. 3400–3300 BCE
creation date earliest: -3400
creation date latest: -3300
current location: 107 Egyptian
creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture: Egypt, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE), Naqada IIb (3650–3300 BCE)
technique: marl clay pottery
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Egypt - Predynastic
type: Vessels
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measurements: Diameter: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); Diameter of mouth: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Overall: 14.5 x 23.2 cm (5 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-06-09T00:00:00
The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 1, p. 115, color repr. p. 18 & p. 85.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Purchased from Moham-med Mohasseb, Luxor, through Howard Carter
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
inkenstaedt, Elizabeth. "Prehistoric Egyptian Pottery." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 3 (1988).
page number: p. 84
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160021
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
page number: Reproduced: p. 107, color p. 43 ; Mentioned: p. 107
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Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 85, no. 1
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Donley, Gregory M., "Geometric Means", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 46 no. 05, May/June 2006
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2006-05/page/6
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