Pyxis
MS3069
From: Italy | Etruria | Toscanella
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS3069 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Toscanella |
| Locus | Tomba a Camera No. 1 | Chamber Tomb 1 |
| Date Made | 250-150 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Pyxis. Pale buff clay covered on the outside with a white slip decorated in applied red. The interor is fired a light orange-red, though irregularly so. Decoration consists of a red band over the rim and slightly below it, then a band of white slip with red vine motive, with another red band below that. The bottom of the pyxis and its low foot are coated with a white slip. |
| Height | 7.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Francesco Mancinelli-Scotti; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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