Decorated Ware Jar Depicting Ungulates and Boats with Human Figures

Decorated Ware Jar Depicting Ungulates and Boats with Human Figures

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The images on this vessel represent important social or religious events, the precise significance of which is not perfectly understood. Two male and two female figures stand aboard a boat, which is depicted with oars and two cabins. In the areas surrounding the boat are mountains, birds that may represent flamingos, plants, and water.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Decorated Ware Jar Depicting Ungulates and Boats with Human FiguresDecorated Ware Jar Depicting Ungulates and Boats with Human FiguresDecorated Ware Jar Depicting Ungulates and Boats with Human FiguresDecorated Ware Jar Depicting Ungulates and Boats with Human FiguresDecorated Ware Jar Depicting Ungulates and Boats with Human Figures

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.