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VesselsEtruscan1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CE

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6th century BCE-3rd century CE

Classification
Vessels
Technique
Cast
Medium
Bronze
Culture
Etruscan
Century
1st millennium BCE-1st millenium CE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

8.2 x 3.2 x 2 cm (3 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Miss Susan M. L. Wales, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1928.

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