M0005601: Greek terracotta Boeotian vase or pyxis, 4th or 5th century B.C.

Date:
August 1938
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/46/12
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M0005601: Greek terracotta Boeotian vase or pyxis, 4th or 5th century B.C. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: A Boetian vase. Greek terra cotta Pyxis. South Boetian (Tangra) style

Description

Photograph of a Boeotian vase or pyxis in the South Boetian (Tangra) style. The item was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R1334/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0005602

Publication/Creation

August 1938

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R1334/1936

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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