Three-legged Bulbous Jar with Applied Decoration
Vessels

Three-legged Bulbous Jar with Applied Decoration

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Terracotta
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

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