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Pyxis with Bust of a Dog
(Ancient Greece )
The lid of this red-figure pyxis depicts the head, neck, and chest of a dog, to the right in profile with a collar around its neck.
Inscription
Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Greece, Attica (Place of Origin)
Measurements
with lid: 2 3/16 x 2 11/16 in. (5.6 x 6.8 cm) (h. x max. diam.);
at mouth: 1 15/16 x 2 1/16 in. (5 x 5.2 cm) (h. x diam.);
at foot: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm) (diam.)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters (?)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.82