Basin Handle with Palmette-Shaped Attachment Plate
first half 5th century BCE
Dimensions
11.9 x 8.8 x 1.4 cm (4 11/16 x 3 7/16 x 9/16 in.)
Provenance
[Sotheby's New York Antiquities Auction, 1985], sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1985-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. Sotheby's New York, December 9, 1985, Sale 5398, Lot 267.
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