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Bronze situla

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Overall (Height with handle): 11.4 x 3.8 cm (4 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Overall (Height without handle): 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4485
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionBronze situla; tall, bag-shaped with flattened base; decorated with six pairs of horizontal lines; swinging handle; bright green incrustation; good condition.
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.