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Bag-shaped jar

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 9.5 x 6.5 cm (3 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1407
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionLight brown; rough surface; no ornamentation; without handles; cracked and chipped. Part of the Way Collection.
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.