Lidded container (pyxis) with bull, lions, panthers, geese
Lidded container (pyxis) with bull, lions, panthers, geese
Lidded container (pyxis) with bull, lions, panthers, geese
Lidded container (pyxis) with bull, lions, panthers, geese
Lidded container (pyxis) with bull, lions, panthers, geese
Lidded container (pyxis) with bull, lions, panthers, geese
Lidded container (pyxis) with bull, lions, panthers, geese
Lidded container (pyxis) with bull, lions, panthers, geese
Lidded container (pyxis) with bull, lions, panthers, geese
Lidded container (pyxis) with bull, lions, panthers, geese

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Lidded container (pyxis) with bull, lions, panthers, geese,

ca. 625–600 BCE

Greek
Early Corinthian, 700–338 BCE
2010-66 a-b

Information

Title
Lidded container (pyxis) with bull, lions, panthers, geese
Dates

ca. 625–600 BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
14.4 x 9.7 cm, diam. 8.2 cm (5 11/16 x 3 13/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerome M. Eisenberg
Object Number
2010-66 a-b
Culture
Greek
Period
Early Corinthian
Type
ceramics, pyxides
Materials
glaze, ceramic
Subject
cows, geese, sunbursts, palmettes, rosettes, friezes (ornamental bands), running ornament, floral patterns, lions

With Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, NY by 1966; from 1967 - 1995 with Prof. Hugo Muensterberg, New Paltz, NY (d. 1995); from 1995 - 2006 with Marjorie Muensterberg, New York, NY; from 2006 - 2010 with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, NY.; given to the Museum in 2010 by Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, NY

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