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Egyptian

Medium/Technique Wood
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .158 H. .272 Length: .082 W.
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4251
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsFurniture

DescriptionShank missing; octagonal fluting on foot; base cracked; piece broken out of the under side of the top.
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.