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Bowl with spout and three horizontal handles

Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Early Minoan II - III Period

Medium/Technique Stone; Banded tufa (alabaster)
Dimensions 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.16
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionVase. Shaped like a cup, but with a spout and three horizontal handles along the rim. Brown and café au lait. Broken and put together.
Provenance1908, excavated at the cemetery of Mochlos, Crete, by Richard Berry Seager (b. 1882 - d. 1925), acquired in the division of finds, and shipped to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: January 14, 1909)

NOTE: In recognition of support provided for excavations provided by Mrs. T. James Bowlker.