Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of the Ancient World: July 2011–June 2012
Amphora with wavy handles
about 3100–2900 B.C.
Height: 22.8 cm (9 in.)
Pottery
Classification: Vessels
Culture: Near Eastern, Levantine, Canaanite
Country of Origin, for Customs: Israel
Period: Early Bronze Age I
Accession number: 2011.1693
Provenance/Ownership History: Between 1961 and 1965: acquired in Jerusalem by George Papadopoulos (b. 1913 - d. 2000), Switzerland; by descent within his family; 2002: sold by the family of George Papadopoulos to Michael G. Petropoulos, Galerie Rhéa, Zurich; 2011: sold by the Galerie Rhéa to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)
Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund