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Handle and Neck of an Oinochoe (wine pitcher)
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Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Frederick M. Watkins New Haven CT (by 1953-1972) bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum 1972.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
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