2nd-1st century BCE
H. 20 x W. 11 x D. 11 cm (7 7/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
[Kaikodo, New York, October 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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