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Egyptian

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 12 cm (4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1390
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionPlain red clay; no ornamentation spout on one side at bottom; badly broken and mended.
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.