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Jug fragment
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Late Minoan I A Period
Late Minoan I A, about 1500 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
8.1 x 4.8 cm (3 3/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Suzanne R. Dworsky
Accession Number59.1126
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionFragment of upper shoulder of jug. Reddish pink clay with buff slip. Thick dark brown paint. Slight ridge where shoulder meets lower neck; neck is covered with color ending in a linked semi-circle pattern below ridge. One thin brown line shadows this pattern. On body, one thick-rimmed spiral?
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alice Walton Collection; by mid 1950s: Mrs. H. Stuart Hughes Collection (purchased from Louis Joseph); gift to MFA from Mrs. H. Stuart Hughes, May 14, 1959 (accepted as Apparatus); accessioned by MFA as gift of Mrs. Suzanne R. Dworsky, March 25, 1992