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Rim fragment
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Early Minoan III - Middle Minoan I
about 2300 B.C.
Findspot: Greece, Crete, Mochlos
Medium/Technique
Buffware
Dimensions
Height: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker
Accession Number09.66
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 032.
DescriptionBuff ware with black slip, dark red and buff paint. Thick red band on interior below lip, extending over rim to exterior. Two buff horizontal bands frame triangular pattern with dots.
ProvenanceAccording to Fairbanks, Catalogue: from Crete; Sent by the Candia Museum in recognition of a gift from Mrs. T. James Bowlker for the excavations by Richard B. Seager; gift of Mrs. T. James Bowlker to MFA, January 14, 1909