Parcel-Gilt Oval Box
c. 1660
Artists
Dimensions
2.86 x 6.19 x 7.3 cm (1 1/8 x 2 7/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Provenance
David Berg, New York; his bequest to the Fogg Museum, 1999.
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