Container (pyxis) with lid
Late 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.
Medium/TechniqueGlass, cast (gold-band)
Dimensions6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.454a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsVessels
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1897: H. Hoffmann Collection; 1899: at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, auction of the H. Hoffmann Collection, May 13-14, lot 439 (said to have been found in Magna Graecia); 1899: with Edward Perry Warren; 1899: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)
1st century B.C.
1st century B.C.
1st century A.D.
probably mid-2nd to 1st century B.C.
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
1st century A.D.
2nd century B.C.
3rd–1st century B.C.