Pyxis
L-64-5
From: South Italy
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-64-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Corinthian |
| Provenience | South Italy |
| Manufacture Location | Corinth |
| Period | Late Corinthian II |
| Date Made | 550-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Convex pyxis with upright handles. Complete except for missing lid. Broad, spreading foot and broad, rounded body. Gently sloping shoulder, low, collar rim and hole mouth. Two loop handles on shoulder, rising vertically. Cream slip. Glaze fired red: on exterior of foot; a band around lower body; 3 glazed lines around outer shoulder; tongue pattern on shoulder; exterior of collar rim glazed; upper part of handles glazed. |
| Height | 9.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 11 cm |
| Other Number | 82-63? - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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