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Fragment of polychrome vessel
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
1550–1295 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Glass
Dimensions
Height x width x thickness: 4.8 x 4.4 x 0.4 cm (1 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number1978.531
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionFragment from the shoulder of a polychrome glass vessel; blue base with festoons of white and yellow on the body and a rib of black and white around the shoulder.
ProvenanceBy 1966, sold by Robert Gordon Faudree to Horace L. Mayer (b. 1899 - d. 1968), Williamstown, MA [see note 1]; to his widow, Florence Ellen Mayer, Williamstown; 1978, gift of Mrs. Mayer to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 1, 1978)
NOTES:
[1] First lent by Horace L. Mayer to the MFA on June 29, 1966 (loan no. T-L 13,209). Possibly among the glass fragments said to have been found by Faudree in May, 1945 at Medinet Gurob, Egypt (letter of July 6, 1959).
NOTES:
[1] First lent by Horace L. Mayer to the MFA on June 29, 1966 (loan no. T-L 13,209). Possibly among the glass fragments said to have been found by Faudree in May, 1945 at Medinet Gurob, Egypt (letter of July 6, 1959).