c. 1500
5.7 cm diam. x .6 cm depth (2 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
H.O. Watson, New York, NY, Sold to Grenville L. Winthrop. Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1934.
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