Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
$300.00
Slightly conical bone pyxis with the intended interior sides to receive the bottom of the pyxis; the top cut back. Bottom with incised concentric lines. Body decorated with bands of three fine parallel lines above the bottom; highly polished. Interior smoothly finished. Intact.
H. 2.4″ (6 cm).
See close parallel: Davidson G.R. Corinth, vol XII, The Minor Objects. Princeton, 1952, p.136, cat. 965.