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Frog

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Pottery
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .013 Length:
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.2506
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionPottery; green-blue, glazed; frog (?) modeled on back; lower face flat with incised hieroglyphics; head broken off; hole lengthwise.
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.