Archaic II
Terracotta pyxis (box)
Small pyxis with black and red bands. This may be a Cypriot adaptation of a Protocorinthian type. H. 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)
Date
625 - 500 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1420a, b
Collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Provenance
- From Cyprus
References
- Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1715, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.