ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Spindle Flask

AAT Object Form/Functionflasks (bottles)

CultureCypriot

PeriodLate Cypriot

Date1500-1200 BCE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund

Dimensions3 1/4 x 9 5/8 in. (8.3 x 24.5 cm)

Object number2005.062.001

Exhibition HistoryFrom Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
GE Presents: The Mystery of the Albany Mummies, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, September 21, 2013 - June 8, 2014
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesFragments of Time, Ancient Art XXVIII (2003), number 17.
Fragments of Time, Ancient Art XXXVI (2005), number 14.

ProvenanceEx coll. Edwin Henry Lawrence (1819-1891) and Alessandro Palma di Cesnola (1839-1914) [Lawrence-Cesnola Collection], until 1884. Ex coll. Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (1827-1900), Farnham, England, purchased from Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, May 15, 1884, lot 1107 (part). With Fragments of Time, Medfield, Massachusetts, by 2003. Purchased by MCCM from Fragments of Time.

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