Oinochoe Handle
5th century BCE
Dimensions
26 x 12 x 8.5 cm (10 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Provenance
[E.S. David, Long Island City, (1947)] sold; to the Fogg Museum, 1947.
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