New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Fish-Shaped Vessel (Tell el Yahudia Ware)

Artist Unknown

CultureEgyptian

Dateca. 1650-1550 B.C.E.

MediumTerracotta

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2027

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 109

DescriptionLittle vessel shaped like a fish with big scales and striated fins. A handle comes out of the chin and reaches the rim of a tube getting out of the mouth.

Label TextFish-Shaped Vessel (Tell el Yahudia Ware) Second Intermediate Period, ca. 1650—1550 B.C.E. Terracotta Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2027