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Model bottle

Nubian
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Gebel Barkal, B902, debris

Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions Overall: 13.1 x 7.8 cm (5 3/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.2156.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionOne of two complete and two incomplete pointed bottle models. Bluish-white body, blue-green glaze, roughly hand-modeled.
ProvenanceFrom Sudan, Nubia, Gebel Barkal, B902 debris. 1920: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.