Egyptian Black Burnished Ware Pilgrim's Flask

GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.

6 1/4 in. (296 grams, 15.8 cm high).

A ceramic black burnished ware pilgrim's flask of discoid form, short neck with collar, body with raised concentric roundels to both faces.

Provenance

Acquired in Egypt in 1960 whilst working at the British Council.
Ex Andrews collection.

Footnotes

This resembles an Etruscan style bucchero impasto flask of circa 700-600 B.C., suggesting that this was an import into Egypt; a comparable example is in the Penn Museum (inventory no. MS 3431).

CONDITION

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