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Bowl with a scene of a running bull in the marshes
Egyptian
New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18
1390–1292 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bichrome faience
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 3.3 x 16.5 cm (1 5/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William E. Nickerson Fund
Accession Number1979.204
OUT ON LOAN
On display at Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX, May 17, 2013 – March 31, 2027
On display at Houston Museum of Natural Science, TX, May 17, 2013 – March 31, 2027
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionShallow, blue faience bowl with black painted decoration on the interior. In the central medallion is an image of a bull leaping through a papyrus thicket.
ProvenanceBy 1979: with Jean-Loup Despras, Orient-Occident, Paris; 1979: purchased by the MFA from Jean-Loup Despras, May 16, 1979.