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Miniature shoulder jar
Egyptian
Early Dynastic Period (?)
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Overall: 12 x 4.7 cm (4 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1409
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSlender shoulder jar with wide neck and flat base. Rim plain and everted, with molded ring on long neck, just below rim. Dark gray ware with gray and white mottled surface. Surface lightly worn. Several small nicks in rim. Tag with "736" on neck.
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.