Handle Attachment of a Hydria (water jar): Female Head and Gorgon Mask
mid 6th century BCE
Dimensions
10.9 x 8.2 x 3.8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Provenance
[B. Zoumboulakis, Geneva, (by 1962)], sold; to Frederick M. Watkins, (by 1962), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1962.
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