Vase of flattened shape with raised rim
Technical Details
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Title
Vase of flattened shape with raised rim -
Author
Art of Early Dynastic Egypt -
Year
2920 a.C. - 2575 a.C. -
Dimensions
altezza cm 9, diametro cm 18 -
Inventory
7450 -
Room
51
The archaeological section, which includes pieces datable between 4000 B.C. and the fifth century A.D., reflects the peculiarities of Vitali’s collecting, very attentive to the quality of individual pieces but far from the rigidity of academic classifications, more interested in an emotional and passionate approach to the works than in philological documentation. What interested Vitali was the possibility of discerning within an ancient work assonances with contemporary sensibility; he appreciated, therefore, artifacts executed in the most diverse materials and belonging to different eras and areas, united by a very high quality and an extraordinary evocative capacity.
The Aswan red granite (syenite) vessel is worked by drill and chisel.
