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Rim of bowl
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Middle Minoan Period
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
3.8 x 6.7 cm (1 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Suzanne R. Dworsky
Accession Number59.1119
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionRim of bowl. Buff clay and slip; lustrous brown paint. Everted rim with brown band reaching from inside to out. Threen linked, heavy-rimmed spirals on body. Red painted "K" [Knossos?]
ProvenancePerhaps from Knossos (red painted "K" on the sherd); by date unknown: Alice Walton Collection; by mid 1950s: Mrs. H. Stuart Hughes Collection (purchased from Louis Joseph); gift to MFA from Mrs. H. Stuart Hughes, May 14, 1959 (accepted as Apparatus); accessioned by MFA as gift of Mrs. Suzanne R. Dworsky, March 25, 1992