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Spindle bottle
Cypriote
Bronze Age, Late Cypriote Period
1550–1070 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .365 H. .063 D.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.1368
OUT ON LOAN
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionOil-bottle. Brick-red in color; plain surface; broken through neck and mended; piece missing from handle; fine workmanship.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.