APULIAN GLAZED PIXYS WITH LID

Ca. 400 - 300 BC A Greek red-figure pyxis, cylindrical in shape with lid. Used mostly by women to hold cosmetics, jewellery, and other important items. The lid is decorated with flowers comprising nine triangular petals around a yellow pistil. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 75.2.18a, b.
Size: 85mm x 110mm; Weight: 270g
Provenance: Private Old English collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s.

300
Estimate: GBP 450 - 900