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"Sacred to Neptune" Water Ewer with a Triton Handle
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Triton at neck of ewer is grasping fins of sea monster; garlands of aquatic foliage in relief around body of ewer; circle of leaves across center; pointed leaves at lower half of body; square plinth with relief design of vines.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
[Frederick Rathbone London England] sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop New York NY 1914 bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1914.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Title: "Sacred to Neptune" Water Ewer with a Triton Handle
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Triton at neck of ewer is grasping fins of sea monster; garlands of aquatic foliage in relief around body of ewer; circle of leaves across center; pointed leaves at lower half of body; square plinth with relief design of vines.
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