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Pyxis with Animal Frieze
(Ancient Greece )
The body of the pyxis is decorated with a bull, griffin, and dog in profile with volutes on each side of the dog separating it from the other creatures. The lid is decorated by a pattern of palmettes and volutes surrounded by a border of egg-and-dart. There is a hole in the center of the lid where a knob handle would have attached.
Provenance
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Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge Sale, London, May 23-24, 1921, lot no. 243; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1921, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/6/1973 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 7/6/1973 | Treatment | stabilized |
| 6/3/1987 | Examination | examined for condition |
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 1/8 x W: 4 5/8 in. (8 x 11.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1921
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.81