Early Bronze Age I
Terracotta pyxis (container) with lid
The shape and incised decoration imitate basketry. H. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm); length 10 7/16 in. (26.5 cm)
Date
2500 - 1900 BC
Accession No.
74.51.1193a, b
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.
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