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Rim of cup
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Middle Minoan II Period
about 1800 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Kamares Ware
Dimensions
2.5 x 3 cm (1 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Suzanne R. Dworsky
Accession Number59.1109
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionRim of cup. Fine red clay with black slip and orange and white paint. Softly pointed rim with white loop hanging from rim and orange horizontal band below. Red "P" for Phaistos?
ProvenancePerhaps from Phaistos (red "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