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Pyxis with lid
Early Aegean, Cycladic
Bronze Age, Early Cycladic II Period
about 2700–2500 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Stone; Marble
Dimensions
7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Accession Number1991.615
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), no. 005.
DescriptionPyxis body with incised/stripes and a projecting base rim with 4 perforations (two are missing due to chips). Lid has similar diameter to base rim and is perforated 4 times in the center. Large chip off base rim, surface worn, light encrustation.
ProvenanceBy date unknown in the early 1970s: according to the donors: acquired in London by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III (perhaps from Spink and Son, Ltd.); loaned to MFA by Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III as 119.1978); gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, September 25, 1991