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Spout of bridge-spouted jar

Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Late Minoan I A Period
Late Minoan I A, about 1500 B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions 5.5 x 6 cm (2 3/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Suzanne R. Dworsky
Accession Number59.1130
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionSpout of bridge-spouted jar. Pink clay and dark red and white paint. High V-shaped spout with hole pushed through to interior. Heavy red strokes accenting rim of spout and area below. Arbitrarily added white dots.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Alice Walton Collection; by mid 1950s: Mrs. H. Stuart Hughes Collection (purchased from Louis Joseph); gift to MFA from Mrs. H. Stuart Hughes, May 14, 1959 (accepted as Apparatus); accessioned by MFA as gift of Mrs. Suzanne R. Dworsky, March 25, 1992