Lot Essay
For a similar example with preserved polychrome decoration in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York see acc. no. 27.122.10a, b.
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SICILIAN POTTERY FOOTED PYXIS WITH LID
CENTURIPE, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Details
A SICILIAN POTTERY FOOTED PYXIS WITH LID
CENTURIPE, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) high
CENTURIPE, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
30 ½ in. (77.5 cm.) high
Provenance
with Galerie du Sycomore, Paris.
Acquired from the above in 1985.
Acquired from the above in 1985.
Brought to you by
Claudio Corsi
Specialist, Head of Department