General InformationThis ware is used to create large storage jars with floral and geometric patterns. It is likely a continuation of the Late Period tradition of painted storage jars.
Description
This is a local red to yellow Kharga Oasis fabric. When it is used for tablewares, like Kharga Ptolemaic Painted Ware, the texture is fine with fewer shale and mineral inclusions. It is fired very hard and dense with a kind of vitrification on the surface. This fabric is likely from the same kaolinitic geological formation recognized in Aswan.

Kharga Oasis (Egypt/Western desert)