Pear-Shaped Bottle with Flaring Mouth
11th-13th century
Dimensions
H. 29.7 x Diam. 17 cm (11 11/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Provenance
[William H. Wolff, New York, (by late 1960s)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (late 1960s-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.
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