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High-beaked jug

Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Early Minoan II Period

Medium/Technique Ceramic, Vasiliki Ware
Dimensions 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.545
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

Catalogue Raisonné Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 016.
DescriptionHigh-beaked jug. Cut away spout. Part of beak broken. Part of surface chipped off. Mottled red and black.
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, December 29, 1909