Egyptian New Kingdom painted pottery pilgrim flask
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A burnished red slip pottery lentoid pilgrim flask with two handles and black painted concentric circle decoration.
Culture
Egypt, New Kingdom, late 2nd Millennium BC
Size
13.5 x 10.6 cms
Condition
Areas of light surface erosion as shown in the photographs
Provenance
Ex. The Great House, Kegworth, Leicestershire, UK; collected by ancestors of the former owners of the now-derelict historic property in the 19th or early 20th Century.
For a similar example in the Petrie Museum and an interesting article on the type, please see:
https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/museums/2014/02/28/pottery-project-guest-blog-biography-of-an-egyptian-pilgrim-flask/#more-31554