Cycladic pyxis, Grotta-Pelos culture, Early Cycladic I, ca. 3200–2800 BCE.
A lidded ceramic box, round and self-contained. Pyxides of this type are among the earliest vessels of the Cycladic world, used to hold small objects, pigments, or valuables, placed with the dead as well as the living. The incised herringbone and leaf pattern covers both body and lid without interruption, the same decorative language used by Aegean craftspeople five thousand years ago, drawn into the clay before firing.
Handmade in Athens. Each piece is unique.
Dimensions: H. 9.5 cm, W. 16.5 cm