Conventionalized Bunch of Grapes

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience

DATES ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.

DYNASTY late Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period

DIMENSIONS 1 5/16 × 2 3/16 in. (3.3 × 5.6 cm)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 16.347

CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Conventionalized bunch of grapes in purple-blue faience. Pierced lengthwise through center for attachment. Cast in two-part mould. Condition: Poor. Extensive portions missing. Glaze badly worn. Glaze originally a brilliant blue.

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