Classical

Alabaster pyxis (lidded jar)

This vase is probably of Egyptian workmanship. H. 12 (30.5 cm); H. with cover 12 7/16 (31.6 cm)

Date

499 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5121a, b

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

References

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXI.5, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1660, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 372, p. 235, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 553, p. 396, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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