Hemispherical Bowl with pedestal and engraved decoration

This hemispherical bowl with a small concave base comes from N cemetery, tomb 402, in Aniba and is typical of C-Group ceramic production. This form, shaped by hand, with slightly curved in rim, is the most common of this period with infinite combinations of various incised decorative lines: stripes, diamonds and zigzag. The vases are fired in a reduction atmosphere to give it a beautiful black slipware gloss and the engraved motives, for emphasis, are filled with a white paste.

This ceramic, very different from that found in Egypt from the same period, is of high quality. Read more about this object on the UNESCO Museums for Intercultural Dialogue website.