An ancient Greek Geometric bronze lidded pendant pyxis of globular form with an open triangle foot with two arches; twin stylized bird protomes and lid with conforming protomes and peg handle with flattened knop.
Ca. 8th Century BC.
Cf. I.Kilian-Dirlmeier, Anhänger in Griechenland der mykenischen bis zur spätgeometrischen Zeit , no. 1540, pl. 89.
Formerly in a German private collection.
$5,000