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Pyxis or small jar
Byzantine or Islamic
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard R. Wagner
Accession Number65.1706
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 500.
DescriptionThis is evidently a pair with object 65.1705, but the bottom is concave, and there are no traces of handles. Brownish, green patina with encrustation.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Richard R. Wagner Collection (acquired in Istanbul); gift of Richard R. Wagner to MFA, December 8, 1965