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Pyxis, tripodic, with cover
Greek
Late Corinthian Period
575-525 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Corinthia, Corinth; Findspot: Italy, Vulci
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.); diameter: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.901a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 439.
DescriptionTripodic, with cover. Yellow clay, dark brown decoration of lines and bands. Cover slightly restored.
ProvenanceBy 1889: Prince Torlonia Collection (excavated at Vulci, 1889: Gsell, Fouilles de Vulci, tomb no. XLIX); by date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: [one of the] Contents incomplete of an early VIth Cent tomb at Vulci [containing MFA vases 98.901-909, 912-914, 916, 920]); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)