Single-handled Cup
1690-1691
Artists
Description
Circular, chased with bands of curves and circles, with small scroll handle.
Dimensions
4.8 × 10.2 × 7.9 cm (1 7/8 × 4 × 3 1/8 in.) 55 g
Provenance
Edwin Hale Abbot Jr., Cambridge, MA, bequest; to Fogg Museum, 1966.
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