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Fragment from bottom of a vase

Greek, Ptolemaic
Hellenistic Period
200–30 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 4.9 x 4.5 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.895
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionRelief ware vessel, possibly a goblet. Red glaze, with dark brown, purple and white colors applied. A squatting figure with arms upraised.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1886-7: 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: January 1, 1888)