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PYXIDE EN TERRE CUITE DE LA PRODUCTION DE CANOSA Italie méridionale, Époque hellénistique, ca. IIIe siècle av. J.C image 1
PYXIDE EN TERRE CUITE DE LA PRODUCTION DE CANOSA Italie méridionale, Époque hellénistique, ca. IIIe siècle av. J.C image 2
Lot 83W

PYXIDE EN TERRE CUITE DE LA PRODUCTION DE CANOSA
Italie méridionale, Époque hellénistique, ca. IIIe siècle av. J.C

12 December 2025, 11:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche

€4,000 - €6,000

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PYXIDE EN TERRE CUITE DE LA PRODUCTION DE CANOSA
Italie méridionale, Époque hellénistique, ca. IIIe siècle av. J.C


A CANOSAN POTTERY PYXIS
Southern Italy, Hellenistic period, circa 3rd Century B.C.
(Broken and repaired from large fragments)
27 cm (10 5/8 in.) high, 18.5 cm (7 1/4 in.) diam.

Footnotes

This painted pyxis with its well preserved polychrome decoration retains its unusual ornate lid knop formed from an acanthus plant, commonly represented in Greek art, symbolising endurance and rebirth.

Provenance
with Deletaille, Brussels.
Private collection, Belgium, acquired from the above in 1985. The purchase recorded in a March 1985 insurance document.

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