A CAMPANIAN POTTERY PYXIS AND LID
ANCIENT VASES FROM THE COLLECTION OF WILLIAM SUDDABY
A CAMPANIAN POTTERY PYXIS AND LID

CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A CAMPANIAN POTTERY PYXIS AND LID
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Cylindrical in form with profiled moldings at the base and rim, a red wash over the edges of the lid and the exterior of the body; the lid decorated at the center with a lotus-palmette cross, dotted rosettes in each of the quadrants; a dipinto, Φ painted on the underside of the lid and on the underside of the base
1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in Basel, 2000.
with Fragments of Time, Medfield, Massachusetts, 2001 (Art from the Ancient World XVIII, no. 24).
Literature
A.J. Paul, Exhibition catalogue, A View into Antiquity: Pottery from the Collection of William Suddaby and David Meier, Tampa, 2001, no. 36, illus.
Exhibited
Tampa Museum of Art, A View into Antiquity: Pottery from the Collection of William Suddaby and David Meier, 14 October 2001-13 January 2002.

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