Octagonal dish
1956
Artists
Description
Winged female warrior figure in relief holding shield and laurel branch in one hand and spear in the other, standing in rural landscape with distant village with figure and clouds in sky; "PROVIDENTES PROVIDENTIA JUVAT MDCCCLXXX1 - MCMLVI"
Dimensions
1.27 x 15.88 x 15.88 cm (1/2 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Provenance
David N. Silich, Gift to Harvard University Art Museums, 5.
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