Скачать или смотреть Over 5300 years old, bowl with human feet, from predynastic Egypt

Possibly over 5,300 years old, this bowl with human feet is attributed to the Predynastic culture of Egypt during the Late Naqada I–II period. It is made of red polished Nile clay, and features a round body tipped slightly forward with two solid human feet attached to its underside. It measures 13.2 × 13.7 × 9.8 cm (5 3/16 × 5 3/8 × 3 7/8 in).

This artifact is now housed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, United States. It was acquired via the Rogers Fund in 1910, purchased from Mohammed Mohassib in Luxor.

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