Pyxis Fragment
MS6026
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS6026 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Date Made | 6th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Iconography | Male Head |
| Description | Two joining fragments, interior covered with fine black glaze. On exterior: male head, facing left, with left shoulder and upraised left arm, and probably parts of two wings. Hair in purple-red; inner edge of hair incised in small scallops. Joins MS4868A. |
| Width | 4.8 cm |
| Thickness | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
| Other Number | MS4868 - Other Number |
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