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Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Early Minoan III Period
about 2200–2000 B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic, White-on-dark ware
Dimensions Height: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.42
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 027.
DescriptionCup. Coarse clay, buff. Slip black varying to drab(?) dull (?) red. Rectilinear decoration; buff on dark slip. Protuberance at side; broken and put together. Incomplete.
ProvenanceAccording to Fairbanks, Catalogue: from Mochlos, Crete; Sent by the Candia Museum in recognition of a gift from Mrs. T. James Bowlker for the excavations by Richard B. Seager; gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker to MFA, January 14, 1909