Papyrus Large Formats - Papyrus and Ducks Painted
Hand-painted natural papyrus with motif - natural edge - approx. 32 × 42 cm
Three ducks fly in a marshy landscape; the bushes are papyrus on the right and sedge on the left. These paintings decorated the floor of Akhenaten's palace in Amarna.
Akhenaten was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom) and son of Amenophis III and Queen Teje. He elevated the god Aton, in the form of the sun disk, to god over all the gods of Egypt and consecrated his new capital Achet-Aton to him. This ruler pursued a strictly inward-looking policy and reformed the arts. In his 6th year of reign, he built a new city as the main cult centre of Aton, which he also made his seat of government. In the same year of his reign Akhenaten also had an Aton sanctuary built in the area of the Karnak temple to the east of the Amun district. Akhenaten's reign is dated differently: c. 1351-1334 BC, 1340-1324 BC (Helck) or 1353-1336 BC (Krauss).
Our papyrus offer
We offer you light, ochre-coloured natural papyrus from Egypt. You can choose from various hand-laid formats. The design possibilities with papyrus are manifold. You can write on it, paint it or print on it; you can use ink, fibre pens, water-based or tempera paints.
Papyrus is a natural product
In the Nile Delta, papyrus leaves are still produced in the traditional way. Families in the countryside harvest the papyrus stems, which can be up to 6 metres high, and process the raw material into papyrus leaves with great skill. Carefully made papyrus leaves are produced in several steps, which always have an individual, handcrafted character.
Fair trade with Egypt
PGI buys Egyptian products directly from the producer. This allows us to bypass dealer stations and offer our customers favourable prices. But the Egyptian producers also benefit from this direct marketing, they achieve much higher prices for their products. We regularly visit our partners in Egypt and discuss the upcoming needs on site.