Portland Vase
c. 1795
Artists
Dimensions
25.8 x 18.5 cm diam. (10 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Provenance
John Trevor, 1797. [Phillips, London, England], sold; to Mrs. Winans, 1876, sold; to Richard Tangye, Birmingham, England, 1882. [Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 1913, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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