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Fragment of an Attic Red-figure Eye-Cup
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Side A: eyebrow, part of eye with tear duct to right, tear duct of eye to left
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Dr. J. Robert Guy Oxford England (?-1994) sold; to Peter Sharrar New York (1994-1995) sold: to Harvard University Art Museums.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Purchase through the generosity of Jonathan H. Kagan Mr. and Mrs. Evangelos Karvounis Ian M. Watson McLaughlin Nicholas S. Zoullas and the Florence Gould Foundation and the Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Director's Discretionary and Marian H. Phinney Funds
Title: Fragment of an Attic Red-figure Eye-Cup
Description:
Side A: eyebrow, part of eye with tear duct to right, tear duct of eye to left.
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