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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1998.247
Title
Pyxis
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
c. 2500 BCE-2300 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Cyclades
Period
Cycladic period, Early
Culture
Cycladic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288174

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
actual: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection
Accession Year
1998
Object Number
1998.247
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 296, p. 359

Verification Level

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