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Egyptian

Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .013 Length: .010 W.
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.3389
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionFaience; traces of bright green; color much worn; no glaze; incised details on back; incised hieroglyphics on lower face; hole lengthwise; cracked.
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.