Attic black figure pyxis fragment comprised of 2 joined fragments.
Attic pyxis creater.
Attic tripod pyxis with lid.
Birth of aphrodite on this pyxis women who normally sit rather languidly with their caskets and perfume flasks are galvanized into activity.
While pyxides are frequently found in burials they also may have served as a container for small objects during the owner s lifetime.
This example depicts the birth of aphrodite with eros on the left.
Women carding wool depicted in the attic red figure drinking cup by the douris painter dated from around 480 470 bc found in vulci italy now on display in the altes museum in berlin germany.
The occasion is the birth perhaps rather the advent of aphrodite.
Attic red figure pyxis ca.
Metropolitan museum of art new york.
In the grave they may have contained perishable offerings such as food.
A red figure attic pyxis 460 450 bce.
2 2 cm 7 8 in.
A pyxis πυξίς plural pyxides is a shape of vessel from the classical world usually a cylindrical box with a separate lid.
Attic geometric lidded pyxis unknown 800 760 b c.
Not on view due to temporary getty closure.
The goddess appears as a sprightly little girl being grasped by a comparatively mature eros.
Attic geometric lidded pyxis.
A pyxis with sculpted decoration.
Los angeles county museum of art los angeles united states.
Gift of herbert l.
Attic geometric pyxis 8th century bc.
Catalan museum of archaeology barcelona spain.
The knob of the lid assumes many different forms.
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4 3 4 x 10 in.
The pyxis was a shallow and circular lidded receptacle used by women for cosmetics and jewelry.
Attic geometric lidded pyxis unknown greece athens 800 760 b c furnishings ceramic.
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.
Terracotta pyxis box with lid mid 8th century b c.
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.