Amphora Handle
1st-2nd century CE
Dimensions
15 x 6.2 cm (5 7/8 x 2 7/16 in.)
Provenance
[Sotheby's (New York), The Thomas Barlow Walker Collection, Sept. 26-28, 1972, lot 297, sold]; to anonymous collection, gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1972.
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