One-handled Juglet with Button Base
1730-1550 BCE
Description
Ceramic juglet; button foot.
Dimensions
14.9 x 11.3 x 3.2 cm (5 7/8 x 4 7/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Richard Benenson, gift; to the Fogg Museum of Art, 1985.
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