SMALL PITCHER WITH TRACES OF POOR BLACK VARNISH
Vessels

SMALL PITCHER WITH TRACES OF POOR BLACK VARNISH

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Terracotta
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Provenance

Gift of the Estate of Theodore Dwight, through Harriet Amory, to the Department of the Classics, 1920. Transfer from the Department of the Classics, 1977.

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