VesselsRoman2nd-3rd century CE
Balsamarium (Incense Burner) in the Shape of a Bust of Bacchus
2nd-3rd century CE
Dimensions
17.5 x 10.3 x 6.5 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Charles Dikran Kelekian [private collection], Egypt, (by 1914) to; Kelekian [private collection], Paris (from 1919) to; Kelekian [private collection], New York (after the war ca. 1950), sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.
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