Oinochoe Handle with Terminus Palmette and Ducks
second half 6th-first half 5th century BCE
Dimensions
14 x 10 x 5.4 cm (5 1/2 x 3 15/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Provenance
[Charles Ede Limited, London, by 1987] sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1987-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
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