Pyxis
L-64-140A
From: Greece
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-64-140A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Corinthian |
| Provenience | Greece |
| Manufacture Location | Corinth |
| Period | Late Corinthian I | Late Corinthian II |
| Date Made | 570-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Iconography | Lotus |
| Description | Convex pyxis. Wide conical ring foot; depressed spherical body with freestanding rim; two high loop handles. Buff ware, buff slip. Dark brown painted decoration: neck and upper part of shoulder completely covered with paint; ray pattern on lower part of shoulder. Central frieze: alternating inverted lotus and bud, with crossing connecting loops; bands of paint above and below it. Base ring entirely covered with paint. |
| Height | 12.1 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 14 cm |
| Other Number | 91-66 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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