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Tile: figure with streams of water flowing from jars held in his hand
Tile: figure with streams of water flowing from jars held in his hand

Tile: figure with streams of water flowing from jars held in his hand

883–612 B.C.
Medium/TechniquePainted or glazed terracotta
Credit LineWilliam Stevenson Smith Fund, Marilyn M. Simpson Fund, Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund, Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund and funds by exchange from the Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number1997.189
On View
On view
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceAbraham collection, New York [see note]. 1997, sold by Merrin Gallery, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 19, 1997)

NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of purchase. The tile is said to have been acquired from an English collection in the 1950s.