Amphoriskos
Dimensions
7.5 x 3.8 cm (2 15/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1912), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1912. Note: The Misses Norton were the daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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