Lid
Lid

Currently not on view

Lid

Egyptian Islamic
y1953-70

Information

Title
Lid
Medium
Gray-white clay, granular
Dimensions
3 x 11.7 x 6 cm (1 3/16 x 4 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of S. Beach Jones, Class of 1943
Object Number
y1953-70
Place Collected

Egypt, Giza

Period
Egyptian, Syrian and Iraqi Islamic styles and periods
Type
lids, fragments, ceramics
Materials
glaze, clay
Subject
allover patterns, rinceaux, birds

Collected by Gustave Jéquier at an unknown date in the Giza area; acquired by Leonard Jones, Class of 1907, at an unknown date from Jéquier; given to the Museum in 1953 by S. Beach Jones, Class of 1943.

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