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Fragment of wall-decoration
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Sandstone
Dimensions
Width x length: 12 x 19 cm (4 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.710
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Relief
DescriptionIt is light yellow, coarse-grained sand-stone. There is an incised owl in sunken relief. No trace of color remains.
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)