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Blossom bowl
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Middle Minoan III - Late Minoan I
about 1650–1450 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Serpentine
Dimensions
Height: 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Adelene Moffat in memory of Mrs. Harriet Boyd
Accession Number57.138
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionBlack steatite "blossom bowl." Broken, repaired, small section missing and restored in plaster. Lid intact, brownish-black stone. Peter Warren via Christine Lilyquist, March 24, 1995: chlorite.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Adelene Moffat Collection; bequeathed by Adelene Moffat to MFA in memory of Mrs. Harriet Boyd; accessioned by MFA, February 14, 1957