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Container (pyxis) with molded female head
Greek
Archaic Period
6th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Boiotia
Medium/Technique
Ceramic
Dimensions
Height: 13.8 cm (5 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.898a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Fairbanks, Vases (MFA), no. 542.
DescriptionCircular box and lid with overhanging rim and modelled female head. Lid has checkerboard pattern on sides with squares painted in red and black. From center rises a head of a woman; flesh yellow-white, hair and details brown.
Condition: Head broken off and replaced with slight restoration.
Style is Corinthian.
Condition: Head broken off and replaced with slight restoration.
Style is Corinthian.
ProvenanceBy 1896: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: bought in Thebes 1896); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for
$ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)
$ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)