Olpe
4th century BCE
Dimensions
19 x 11.8 (rim diam.) x 14 (max. diam.) cm (7 1/2 x 4 5/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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