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Vase:  Birds
Vase: Birds

Vase: Birds

Dateca. 4000 B.C.
Object number50.45
Provenance(Collection of Dr. Ines Bey, Cairo, Egypt – though Dr. Bey may not have existed, according to the British Museum); [M. A. Mansoor & Sons, Cairo / New York / Heliopolis]; purchased from gallery by Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection/ Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, November 30, 1949; Accessioned by Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, January 20, 1950
Published ReferencesTeeter, Emily, Egyptian Art in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1988, no. 1, p. 6
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions5 1/2 x 4 1/16 in. (14 x 10.3 cm)
MediumTerracotta
Vase:  Zig Zag Line Decoration
Egyptian
ca. 4000 B.C.
Object number: 50.44
Jar:  Boat and Mountain Decoration
Egyptian
ca. 3000 B.C.
Object number: 67.85
Miniature vase
Greek
ca. 575-550 B.C.
Object number: 42.10
Figure:  Man Mourning
Egyptian
ca. 4000 B.C.
Object number: 50.46
Figure of a Prisoner
Egyptian
Object number: 50.47
Statuette of Seated Man
Egyptian
Object number: 54.126
Scaraboid with Nubian Head
Egyptian
Object number: 46.156
Bes
Egyptian, Roman period
1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.
Object number: 47.86
Palette:  Two Birds
Egyptian
Object number: 61.70
Lekanis (Kylix) with Lid
Greek
375 B.C. -350 B.C.
Object number: 70.96
Container for Votive Offerings(?):  Kernos
Cycladic
2200-1900 B.C.
Object number: 63.118
Photo: Paul Macapia
ca. 1st century
Object number: 47.108