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Model food

Medium/TechniqueFaience
DimensionsDiameter x Length: 1.5 x 2.4 cm (9/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.1627
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsModels
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.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)
Model of a volute shell
2040–about 1640 B.C.
2040–1783 B.C.
Model papyrus roll
1400–1390 B.C.
Model papyrus roll
1400–1390 B.C.
Model papyrus roll
1400–1390 B.C.
Model vessel
1400–1390 B.C.
Group shot (clockwise from lower left): 03.1086, 03.1089, 03.1103a-c, 03.1098, 03.1096, 03.1095
1400–1390 B.C.
Model fruit
2960–2770 B.C.
Model food,  fruit (?)
760–332 B.C.
Model food offering
760–332 B.C.
Model vase
2040–1783 B.C.