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Ancient Egyptian Pottery and Ceramics

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Ancient Egyptian potters crafted some truly fascinating pottery and ceramic objects. Pottery used for utilitarian tasks such as cooking, storage, and shipping. Even more interesting, however, are the ceramic figures, vessels, and even sarcophagi which were very much a part of ancient Egyptian funerary practices.

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Ancient Egyptian potters depicted in a wall-painting as they wedged, formed, and fired their wares.Ancient Egyptian PottersAncient Egyptian pots found in Old Kingdom tombs located in Giza.Ancient Egyptian Tomb PotsAncient Egyptian pottery, including a figure of a hippo and a bottle-pendant in the form of a fish. Ancient Egyptian Figure and Bottle-PendantAn ancient Egyptian chalice in the form of a blue lotus.Ancient Egyptian Paste Chalice
An ancient Egyptian pottery bowl depicting lotuses. Located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Ancient Egyptian Bowl with LotusesAncient Egyptian burial pottery, including a pottery sarcophagus. Egyptian Burial Pottery and Sarcophagus Ancient Egyptian scarabs carved from Egyptian paste and stone.Ancient Egyptian ScarabsAn ancient Egyptian amphora from the later part of the 18th Dynasty.Ancient Egyptian Amphora
Details of an ancient Egyptian amphora dated from the late 18th Dynasty. Egyptian Amphora DetailAn ancient Egyptian piriform pottery jar from el-Amarna. Located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.Ancient Egyptian Piriform JarAn ancient Egyptian pottery figure-vase in the form of a woman and child.Ancient Egyptian Figure-VaseAn ancient Egyptian long-necked pottery vessel from Abydos.Egyptian Long-Necked Vessel

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