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SUSPENDED BRONZE PYXID
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SUSPENDED BRONZE PYXID
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
SUSPENDED BRONZE PYXID
Roman art, circa 1st–2nd century AD
A biconical pyxid resting on a flared base, fitted with two dolphin-shaped handles and three chains for suspension.
Lids.
Dimensions: 10.1 x 13 cm
Provenance: Former English private collection, acquired on the European art market in the early 1980s
Bonhams, London, 27 April 2006: lot 134 (ill.)
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2009
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA304)
Bibliography: Bonhams, Antiquities Sale, London, 27 April 2006, lot 134
J. Spier, ‘Roman Bronzes’ in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011, p. 139, fig. 29
A Roman bronze hanging lidded pyxis,
Circa 1st–2nd century AD
See original version (French)
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