Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Art of the Ancient World: July 2011–June 2012
Vessel with lid
A.D. 1–50
Height: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.)
Faience
Classification: Vessels
Culture: Egyptian
Country of Origin, for Customs: Egypt
Period: Roman Imperial Period
Accession number: 2011.1635a-b
Provenance/Ownership History: 1960s: Galerie le Véel, Paris; 1960s, sold by Galerie le Véel to Jean Henri Jules Deriat (b. 1922), Paris; 2009: sold by Deriat to Cybele Gallery, Paris; about 2010/2011: sold by Cybele Gallery to Michael G. Petropoulos, Galerie Rhéa, Zurich; 2011: sold by Galerie Rhéa to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)
Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund