Alabastron
Dimensions
12 x 2.8 cm (4 3/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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