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4th century BC
Diameter: 13.5 cm; Height: 4.8 cm
Provenance: Private collection (J.M.E.), New York, acquired on the London Art Market, November 1988
A shallow circular pyxis with flat lid. The lid elaborately decorated with bands of floral and wave motifs in black, white and red glazes around a central chevron design. A single red line around the body with white leaves either side.
This comes with a thermoluminescence test report from Oxford Authentication confirming its antiquity.
Condition: break in base realigned and repaired
Literature: For an almost identical example, see one now housed in the British Museum (Inv. no. 1956,0720.6)
4th century BC
Diameter: 13.5 cm; Height: 4.8 cm
Provenance: Private collection (J.M.E.), New York, acquired on the London Art Market, November 1988
A shallow circular pyxis with flat lid. The lid elaborately decorated with bands of floral and wave motifs in black, white and red glazes around a central chevron design. A single red line around the body with white leaves either side.
This comes with a thermoluminescence test report from Oxford Authentication confirming its antiquity.
Condition: break in base realigned and repaired
Literature: For an almost identical example, see one now housed in the British Museum (Inv. no. 1956,0720.6)