Serpentine "Blossom Bowl " or "Bird's Nest" vase
c. 2500-2000 BCE
Dimensions
3.3 x 3 x 6.6 cm (1 5/16 x 1 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
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