Hellenistic Terracotta Lidded Pyxis

three molded female-headed claw-feet

3rd-2nd Centuries BC

ht: 7 in. (17.8 cm.) max. width: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.)

ex: private American collection, assembled 1960’s-1980

#6526

Published: 

Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XVI (New York, 2017) p. 24

Comparanda:

Mayo, Margaret Ellen ; The Art of South Italy. Vases from Magna Graecia (Richmond, 1983) pp. 299-300 no. 163

Metropolitan Museum of Art (online) acc.no. 1979.76a, b