Spherical Pyxis (Storage Box) with Lid (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

2600–2200 BC
Cycladic
Containers
marble
Overall (with lid): 2 3/4 × 4 × 3 1/2 in. (6.99 × 10.16 × 8.89 cm)
86.125a-b
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.
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