Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1070 BCE. A hand-built pottery vessel known as a pinch basket because of how the petite handles are pinched together above the center. The round-bottomed vessel has a petite perforation through the handles so it could be transported, though its size suggests it was used for a votive purpose. Scholars also believe pinch baskets like this example to have been used as baby-feeding vessels given the form of the lateral 'spouts'. Size: 1.48" L x 2.87" W x 2.05" H (3.8 cm x 7.3 cm x 5.2 cm)

Exhibited in the Lily Place Collection, Minneapolis Institute of Art, from 1929 to 1958, ref. no. 29.17.82; and in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1998 to 2023, reference number EL01.085.1998.

Provenance: Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California, USA; Exhibited in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1998 to 2023, reference number EL01.085.1998; ex-Superior Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1976; ex-L. Blumka collection, 1958; ex-Minneapolis Institute of Art, bequeathed by Ms. Lily Place, 1929, ref. no. 29.17.82; ex-Cairo Suq, Cairo, Egypt

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Light pitting and abrasions, with minor earthen deposits, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to overall form. Old museum number handwritten in red below base.