/internal/media/dispatcher/1030891/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailVessel in the form of a hareabout 6400–5900 B.C.Length: 18.41 cm (7 1/4 in.)GypsumEgyptian Curator's Fund and partial gift of Emmanuel Tiliakos1995.7391This may be the oldest work of art in the Museum's collections. Although its function and place of origin are unknown, a nearly identical vessel was excavated in 1978 at the Neolithic village site of Bouqras, on the Euphrates River in Syria, which was radio-carbon dated to about 6400 BC.Vessels18.410000000015596801