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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
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
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