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Pyxis

Pyxis

Dateca. 500 BC
MediumTerra-cotta
Dimensions1 5/8 × 2 5/8 inches (4.1 × 6.7 cm)
CultureGreek
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Esther S. Bondareff, Class of 1937
Terms
  • Ellás
  • Ceramics
  • Terra cotta
  • Greek
Object number98.050 a,b
Label CopyProvenance:

-ca. 1996 private collection, Switzerland [1]; ca. 1996-98 Michael G. Petropoulos, Rhéa Galerie, Zurich (acquired as part of the larger private Swiss collection) [2]; 1998 Esther S. Bondareff, Royal Palm Beach (sold through Michael G. Petropoulos, Rhéa Galerie, at Artpalmbeach, Palm Beach) [3]; 1998 collection of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (gift of Esther S. Bondareff) [4]

N.B. Provenance is based on research into historic information and documentation. Such research is ongoing, and records may be revised or updated from time to time. Complete provenance is the exception, not the rule.

[1] and [2] Fax from Michael G. Petropoulos to Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 2 March 1998.

[3] and [4] Deed of Gift signed and dated 17 Apr. 1998. The object was checked by the Museum with the Art Loss Register, Inc. on 22 March 1999. As of the date of the search, the object had not been registered in the Art Loss Register database.
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