Pyxis with a comedy mask on its lid

Classification

pyxis, cista ; pyxis lid ; relief decorated vessel

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 11.4 cm, diameter: 13.6 cm

Date

200–150 B.C.

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

clay

Iconography

comedy mask ; scroll motif ; leaf pattern ; flower ; chessboard motif ; wreath ; servant, slave

Production place

Macedonia

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Alföldi, András (1895–1981)

Inventory

50.344.1-2

ID

Hyp-3154

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 70, fig. 49; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 78, fig. 49; Webster–Green–Seeberg 1995, 174, no. 3BV 2

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