ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Strap Handled Amphora

AAT Object Form/Functionamphorae (storage vessels)

(not assigned)Egypt

CultureEgyptian

PeriodNew Kingdom, Dynasty 18

Date1539-1292 BCE

MediumCalcite ("Egyptian alabaster")

Credit LineGift in honor of Catherine Howett Smith's 25th year of service

Dimensions8 1/16 x 5 1/8 in. (20.5 x 13 cm)

Object number2010.048.001

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, May 22, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesMCCM Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2011.

ProvenanceEx coll. Major-General Sir Charlton Watson Spinks KBE DSO (1877-1959), Egypt and England, said to have been acquired from a tomb near the Great Pyramids, Giza, Egypt, 1924. Thence by descent. Purchased by donor from Bonhams, London, October 6, 2010, lot 186A.

Status

On view

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