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A CYCLADIC POTTERY LIDDED PYXIS
Lot 33PROPERTY FROM THE LIGABUE FAMILY COLLECTION

A CYCLADIC POTTERY LIDDED PYXIS

EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2800-2300 B.C.

Closed8 December 2021

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GBP 10,625

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A CYCLADIC POTTERY LIDDED PYXIS
EARLY CYCLADIC II, CIRCA 2800-2300 B.C.
5 3⁄4 in. (14.6 cm.) diam.; 5 1⁄2 in. (14 cm.) high

Dr Giancarlo Ligabue (1931-2015), Venice, received as a gift in 1965.

Specialist note


The wedge-shaped decoration around the lid can be seen on various domestic ware objects. See the Museum of Cycladic Art, inv. no. 971 for a "frying pan" and the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, no. 6180, for a krater. The spool-shape can be found in numerous cycladic marble pyxides.