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Late Period
Details of the relief and coloring of the flask suggest it belongs to a more highly colored series than the usual Saite New Year's flasks of pale blue.
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Title: Lentoid Bottle ("New Year's Bottle")
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26–30
Date: ca. 630 BC
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 10.1 × W. 9.4 × D. 6.9 cm (4 × 3 11/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Object Number: 30.8.216
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