This covered pyxis, mainly used for the storage of cosmetics or jewelry, is a typical example of Cycladic pottery of the Early Bronze Age. The pyxis has been put together of many fragments and is now completely restored. Rows of engraved concentric circles placed on a blackish-brown background decorate the cylindrical body of the pyxis. This is a standard technique applied to vessels dating mainly from the Early Cycladic II period. The pyxis was discovered at the peninsula of Aghios Nikolaos in Anavyssos, where a large settlement dating from the Early Helladic and Middle Helladic period has been located (3rd and 2nd millennium B.C.).