North Africa, northern Algeria, Berber ethnic group, Kabyle (also Kabylie) culture, ca. second half of the 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand-built pottery water amphora with a flat base, a broad body with a carinated midsection, a sloped shoulder that transitions into a tapered neck and a flared rim, and a pair of asymmetrical handles. The yellow-white body and handles are adorned with red and black Berber 'tattooing' motifs including a broad rectangular central panel surrounded with checker-filled triangles, broad red stripes outlined in black along the handles, and solid red pigment enveloping the neck and rim. Size: 12.375" W x 13.4" H (31.4 cm x 34 cm)

Cf. The British Museum, museum number Af1898,0914.7

Provenance: private Vero Beach, Florida, USA collection

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#153476

Chipping to rim and tip of one handle, with abrasions and light fading to areas of exterior pigment, a few stable hairline fissures, and light encrustations. Great preservation to decorative motifs across exterior. Interior sealed with gray material, perhaps as a means of waterproofing.