A pyxis with sculpted decoration.
Pyxis bowl with lid function attic greece.
Greek attic while pyxides are frequently found in burials they also may have served as a container for small objects during the owner s lifetime.
The knob usually found on the lid is replaced here by a remarkable sculpted group apparently representing a quadriga four horses harnessed abreast to a two wheeled chariot.
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Attic late geometric pyxis with four horses on the lid.
This pyxis which has concave sides a flange over the base and a flat lid with a handle in the shape of a pomegranate is attributed to the euaion painter who was a follower of douris.
Attributed to the euaion painter.
Pyxis container for personal objects date.
800 b c ancient greek pottery with lid pyxis copy.
Serving function and beauty of the form equally.
Classic art with a reimagined attic tripod pyxis with lid athens greece about 540 b c terracotta.
A pyxis πυξίς plural pyxides is a shape of vessel from the classical world usually a cylindrical box with a separate lid.
Feb 11 2015 pyxis with lid clay greek late geometric iα period 760 750 bc cycladic art museum.
Attic middle geometric ii 1 800 760 b c.
The pyxis was a shallow and circular lidded receptacle used by women for cosmetics and jewelry.
Attic red figure pyxis ca.
Ancient greek attic geometric pyxis.
The visible parts of the pale clayvessel were painted brown black before firing.
Originally mostly used by women to hold cosmetics trinkets or jewellery surviving pyxides are mostly greek pottery but especially in later periods may be in wood metal ivory or other materials.
Attic tripod pyxis with lid athens greece about 540 b c terracotta.
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English private collection the roundish body of our pyxis with its flat bottom was turnedon the wheel.