AN EAST GREEK GOLD SHEET PYXIS

Lot 9
04.12.2024 15:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1334733
Lot 9 | AN EAST GREEK GOLD SHEET PYXIS
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
AN EAST GREEK GOLD SHEET PYXIS
CIRCA MID-7TH CENTURY B.C.
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam.




Provenance

Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (1893-1974), Cornwall; thence by descent.
The Property of a Gentleman; Antiquities, Christie's, London, 15 May 2002, lot 374.
Swiss private collection, acquired from the above.
with Bader Kunsthandel, Lucerne, 2002.
Swiss private collection.
with Jean-David Cahn, Basel, 2008 (Tiere und Mischwesen, vol. VII, no. 41).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2009.



Literature

J. Boardman, "Greek Art," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 70, fig. 54.



Exhibited

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA358).
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