Pyxis
73-25-11A
From: Greece | Euboea | Eretria
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 73-25-11A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Corinthian | Greek |
| Provenience | Greece | Euboea | Eretria |
| Manufacture Location | Corinth |
| Date Made | 6th century BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Corinthian pyxis with convex side, without handles; with lid. Intact. Lid: traces of decoration in color on a white ground on upper surfaces. Top of knob blue (?). On top surface of cover two wheel-painted bands of red and one of blue. Container: ground reserved. Red: profile of foot; wheel-painted line on shoulder and around mouth. Black: wheel-painted band around lower body, lip and shoulder. "Eretria" in pencil on bottom. |
| Height | 4.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Robert H. Bates, 1973 |
| Other Number | L-224-17A - Old Loan Number |
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