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Basin Handle with Palmette-Shaped Attachment Plate
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Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
[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.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
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