second half 1st century BCE-first half 1st century CE
3.5 x 27.1 cm (1 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
[Sotheby’s, New York, June 25, 1992, lot 329], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
Stone
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