SculptureGreek4th-1st century BCE
Head of a Horse
4th-1st century BCE
Dimensions
6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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