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Eye from statue
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Width x length: 1.6 x 6.3 cm (5/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4463
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionRim of bronze. Inserted whites made of bone(?). The iris is missing and only the cement shows. One of a pair with 72.4462.
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.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)