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Eye from statue
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Width x length: 2.9 x 7.6 cm (1 1/8 x 3 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4460
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionRim and iris of bronze. It is corroded. One half of the white of the eye is left. The other half is lost.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)