Stone Vessel with Lug Handles
A squat, rounded stone vessel with a flat, wide rim and two small pierced lug handles on either side. Its dark greenish-black surface is flecked with pale speckles, and the lower body curves smoothly to a rounded base against a plain light background.
- Artist
- Ancient Egyptian
- Date
- Predynastic Period/Old Kingdom (about 4000–2250 BCE)
- Medium
- Stone
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1266 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date -2250).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Norman W. Harris, and Robert H. Fleming