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Rim of bowl

Early Aegean, Minoan or Helladic
Bronze Age, Late Minoan IIIA/Late Helladic IIIA
Late Minoan III A/Late Helladic III A, about 1350 B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions 4 x 3.5 cm (1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Suzanne R. Dworsky
Accession Number59.1132
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionBuff clay and slip, coated red inside and red design outside. Square rim; two red diagonals separating short horizontal bands and larger oval shapes. Red painted "K" [Knossos?]
ProvenancePerhaps from Knossos (red painted "K" on the sherd); by 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