500120 Mit Rahina Ware Vessel, 200-100 BC (polychrome faience) by Egyptian Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BC); w:10.7 h:9.4 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: With its eggshell-thin walls and low-relief decoration, this vessel is one of the very finest examples of Mit Rahina ware. The decoration is a system of friezes incorporating non-Egyptian motifs; the griffins and rosettes are Persian, while the egg-and-dart edge pattern is Greek. Contrasting hues and traces of gold hint at an original appearance that must have been stunning. ); Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund; Egyptian, out of copyright.