Spherical Pyxis (Storage Box) with Lid (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Boxes like this have been found containing jewelry in Cycladic burials. Only about forty-five covered pyxides are known, and no others have this arrangement of holes through the vessel’s lip.
Middle to Late Cycladic Period
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
“Cleopatra: A Multimedia Guide to the Ancient World,” interactive multimedia program, The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL): 1996.
“The Art of the Cyclades.” Safani Gallery (New York, NY): 7 May-18 June 1983.
“Odyssey of an Art Collector: Unity in Diversity.” Isaac Delgado Museum (New Orleans, LA): 1966-67.
“The Art of the Cyclades.” Safani Gallery (New York, NY): 7 May-18 June 1983.
“Odyssey of an Art Collector: Unity in Diversity.” Isaac Delgado Museum (New Orleans, LA): 1966-67.
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