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Vase: Birds

Vase: Birds

ca. 4000 B.C.

Terracotta
5 1/2 x 4 1/16 in. (14 x 10.3 cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
50.45
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
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Published ReferencesTeeter, Emily, Egyptian Art in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1988, no. 1, p. 6

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