Egyptian Decorated Wooden Pyxis
Egyptian Decorated Wooden Pyxis
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. Lathe-turned body and separate lid, incised bands to the equator, flared base, and fillet to the domed lid. Cf. similar item (lacking lid) in the collection of the British Museum, London, under accession no.1982,0729.305; for a lathe-turned example see Vandier d'Abbadie, J., Les objets de toilette égyptiens au Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1972, pp.50-51, no.141. 60 grams, 73 mm high (2 7/8 in.).
Ex UK collection, 1930-1940s.
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Egyptian Decorated Wooden Pyxis
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. Lathe-turned body and separate lid, incised bands to the equator, flared base, and fillet to the domed lid. Cf. similar item (lacking lid) in the collection of the British Museum, London, under accession no.1982,0729.305; for a lathe-turned example see Vandier d'Abbadie, J., Les objets de toilette égyptiens au Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1972, pp.50-51, no.141. 60 grams, 73 mm high (2 7/8 in.).
Ex UK collection, 1930-1940s.
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