Limestone altar or pedestal with coiled snake

Cypriot

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

A snake, the head of which is missing, is coiled on the cover of a circular box.

A snake, the head of which is missing, is coiled on the cover of a circular box (pyxis?). There are traces of red paint on the snake, the cover, and the base of the box, which is partially missing.

Limestone altar or pedestal with coiled snake, Limestone, Cypriot

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