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Squat Barbotine pitcher
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Middle Minoan I Period
2000–1800 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Crete
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number1971.632
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionSquat pitcher with two rows of circular indentations, strap side-handles as well as back handle. Black matt with red over-paint and barbotine relief on upper portion of body, side handles and upper part of neck. Coarse grayish clay.
ProvenanceBy 1971: with Galerie für Griechische, Römische und Byzantinische Kunst, Telemannstrasse 5, 6 Frankfurt-Main, Germany; purchased by MFA from Galerie für Griechische, Römische und Byzantinische Kunst, December 8, 1971