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Long necked jar with handle
Egyptian
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18–20
1550–1070 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 19 x 14.6 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1380
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionThis jar is fashioned of reddish clay and treated with a buff slip with signs of burnishing. It has a ring base and globular body that terminates in a long, very slightly flaring neck with a rolled rim. It is 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. (Accession date: June 28, 1872)