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Bowl
Greek, East Greek
Archaic Period
6th–mid 6th century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .206 H. 0.407 D. as restored
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.1031
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 313.
DescriptionFragments of a North Ionian bowl restored in plaster. Below rim, a frieze of sphinxes and swans, details incised; then below a meander, two ibexes, in outline drawing, without incision. Below this a zig-zag and a band of rosettes and vertical lines.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885-6: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: 1888).