6th-3rd century BCE
H. 19.2 x Diam. 18 cm (7 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, November 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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