Pyxis (round box) with molded female head
Pyxis (round box) with molded female head
Pyxis (round box) with molded female head
Pyxis (round box) with molded female head
Pyxis (round box) with molded female head
Pyxis (round box) with molded female head
Pyxis (round box) with molded female head
Pyxis (round box) with molded female head
Pyxis (round box) with molded female head
Pyxis (round box) with molded female head
Pyxis (round box) with molded female head
Pyxis (round box) with molded female head

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Ancient Mediterranean Art

Pyxis (round box) with molded female head,

early 6th century BCE

Greek, Boeotian
Archaic Period, ca. 600–480 BCE
2010-64 a-b

Information

Title
Pyxis (round box) with molded female head
Dates

early 6th century BCE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
h. 12.7 cm, diam. 10.8 cm (5 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr. Memorial Collection Fund, and gift of Sol and Colleen Rabin, and gift of the Department of Art and Archaeology in honor of Professors William A. P. Childs, Hugo Meyer, and T. Leslie Shear, Jr.
Object Number
2010-64 a-b
Place Made

Europe, Greece, Boeotia

Culture
Greek, Boeotian
Period
Archaic (Greek)
Type
ceramics, pyxides
Materials
slip, ceramic
Subject
palmettes, running ornament, floral patterns, zigzags, women, heads

Before 1931 with Franz Trau, Vienna, Austria (d. 1931); November 15, 1954, sold with rest of Trau collection, Galerie Fischer, Lucerne; from 1954 until an unknown date, with Athos Moretti, Bellinzona, Switzerland; from an unknown date until April 1991 with Stefano Donati, Lugano, Switzerland; from April 1991 to 1992 with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, NY; from 1992 - 2010 with Dr. Sol Rabin, Beverly Hills, CA; purchased by the Museum in 2010.

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