Unknown Egyptian
Black-topped Red Ware Beaker

CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Black-topped Red Ware Beaker
Date4400–3500 BC
Made inEgypt
MediumTerracotta and slip
Dimensions8 × 8 × 4 1/4 in. (20.3 × 20.3 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.60
Not on view

Explore Further

Department
Antiquities
Object Type
Provenance[Mohareb Todrous, Luxor, Egypt]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.
Exhibition History"The Egyptian Mummy: Unwrapping the Mystery," Houston Museum of Natural Science, Mar. 23–Aug. 27, 1989 (LN: 89.14); and Houston Museum of Natural Science, Jan. 26, 1991–Mar. 22, 1992 (LN: 91.22).

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Black-topped Red Ware Beaker
Unknown Egyptian
4400–3500 BC
Terracotta and slip
31.59
Jar with Horizontal Stripes
Unknown Egyptian
1550–1292 BC
Terracotta with slip
31.53
Jar with Horizontal Lines
Unknown Egyptian
1550–1292 BC
Terracotta with slip
31.54
Jar with Stripes and Palm Leaf Designs
Unknown Egyptian
4800–3100 BC
Terracotta with slip
31.61
White-Ground Lekythos with Young Soldier and Woman
Bowdoin Painter
480–470 BC
Terracotta and slip
34.130
Amphora (Vessel for storing wine)
Unknown Cypriot
700–600 BC
Terracotta, bicolor slip painting
2005.1074
Red Figure Column Krater
Syriskos Painter
480–460 BC
Terracotta with slip
2003.136
Black-figure Amphora with Scene from the Iliad
Hattatt Painter
540–520 BC
Terracotta & slip
2006.644
Vessel
Unknown Egyptian
No date
Terracotta
97.719.6
Scarab
Unknown Egyptian
No date
Terracotta
97.718
Nile Silt Redware Vase with Handle
Unknown Egyptian
4400–3500 BC
Terracotta
52.47