Figure vase in the form of Taweret with a human head

Figure vase in the form of Taweret with a human head

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Although certainly derived from an Egyptian form, the style and faience of this figure vase are not characteristic of Egyptian production. It may have been produced in another area of the Mediterranean.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure vase in the form of Taweret with a human headFigure vase in the form of Taweret with a human headFigure vase in the form of Taweret with a human headFigure vase in the form of Taweret with a human headFigure vase in the form of Taweret with a human head

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.