Amarna Period Painted Pottery Fragments ancestorfigure Padlocks of this type employed

Padlocks of this type employed an ingenious spring-locking mechanism

stands as a testament to the Khmer mastery of both form and symbolism

appealing simplicity

Fine detailing is evident throughout

Amarna Period Painted Pottery Fragments ancestorfigure Padlocks of this type employedNew Kingdom, Amarna Period, 18th Dynasty, Reign of Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), c. 13521336 BC, Egypt A beautiful and well preserved pair of painted pottery fragments from the side of a large ceramic vessel, crafted from fine reddish buff Nile silt clay during the Amarna Period. The gently curved fragments are decorated with elegant bands of stylized floral, foliate, and linear motifs, delicately rendered in vivid blue and black pigments against a cream