Ancient Egyptian Pottery was produced by the ancient Egyptians from as early as 5000 BC. The sculptures produced were both highly stylized and symbolic. Most of the early pottery vessels and clay seal impressions were found in tombs. Many of the symbols or hieroglyphics found carved or painted on pieces have an emphasis on life after death and the preservation of knowledge of the past.

The Pottery of that time was pretty much used in the same way we use modern kitchen containers today. The quality was very fine and usually made by women without the use of a potter's wheel. The Pottery would have been fired in either primitive kilns or open fires as back then they certainly didn't have modern electric or gas kilns. Up until the dynastic period, pottery was hand painted with images of animals, patterns, boats and human figures.

The symbols, in the form of humans, animals or objects, were part of a formal writing system that contained a combination of logographic and alphabetic elements. There are over 700 symbols and Ancient Egypt was one of the earliest literate societies. They used the symbols to convey information the same way ownership and production marks are used on pottery and other items today.