Pyxis
MS2732A
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Narce
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS2732A |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Faliscan | Etruscan |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Narce |
| Locus | Tomb 1 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Pottery; one foot and most of lid restored; clay finer and less ruddy than MS2730. Remains of two broad bands encircle knob of lid. Narrower bands and zones with groups of parallel waved lines between knob and margin. Inside of pyxis two reserved bands; rest dark color. On outer surface of handles band of black; dotted lattice pattern; upright lines; hour-glass motif. Legs: Palmettes like those on MS2730 but right side up; triangles of solid color fill upper corners of legs; feet slippered. Painted by same hand as MS2730. |
| Height | 16.9 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 14.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; Subscription of Phebe A. Hearst, 1898 |
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