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Rim of bowl
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Middle Minoan Period
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
4.3 x 4.4 cm (1 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Suzanne R. Dworsky
Accession Number59.1121
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionRim of bowl. Buff clay and slip; red, black and white paint. Square rim; black covers surface area of remaining sherd; added red and white on outside in a loop design. Red painted "P" [Phaistos?]
ProvenancePerhaps from Phaistos (red painted "P" on the sherd); by 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