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Globular pot with lid

Near Eastern, Anatolian
Early Bronze Age
about 2200 B.C.

Medium/Technique Ceramic
Dimensions 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Richard R. Wagner
Accession Number68.745a-b
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ClassificationsVessels

DescriptionFour small lugs equally spaced in shoulder zone are pierced. A crude low-sided bowl, broken and mended, forms the lid. The bottom is blackened from burning. Burnished red ware. Related to Vasiliki ware and Early Cycladic counterparts.
Hand-made globular pot with articulated shoulder and slightly flaring rim.
ProvenanceBy 1968: Richard R. Wagner Collection; gift of Richard R. Wagner to MFA, November 13, 1968