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Fragment of goblet
Greek, Ptolemaic
Hellenistic Period
2nd–late 1st century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .05 .059
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.903
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 377.2.
DescriptionFragment of a relief ware goblet with an erotic scene. Part of a man and a woman on a couch. Red glaze. The woman painted white, the couch brown and deep red with white spots.
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: 1888).