Terracotta pyxis (container) with lid

Terracotta pyxis (container) with lid

Description:

The shape and incised decoration imitate basketry.


H. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm); length 10 7/16 in. (26.5 cm)

Period:

Early Bronze Age I

Date:

2500 - 1900 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 76, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.1193a, b