Effigy vessel in the shape of an owl
c. 1200-1400
Artists
Dimensions
16.5 × 12.1 cm (6 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Goodman, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1962
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