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Bowl fragment
Early Aegean, Minoan
Bronze Age, Late Minoan III A Period
Late Minoan III A, about 1350 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
5.7 x 4.6 cm (2 1/4 x 1 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Suzanne R. Dworsky
Accession Number59.1136
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionFragment of bowl. Pink clay; coated brown on inside and brown and white design on outside. Recessed horizontal band; thick brown band with white spirals. Thin brown horizontals below. Red "P" for Phaistos?
ProvenancePerhaps from Phaistos (red painted "P" 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