Pyxides were lidded boxes used for storing small items such as jewellery.
Attic pyxis creater.
The occasion is the birth perhaps rather the advent of aphrodite.
Attic red figure pyxis ca.
A pyxis πυξίς plural pyxides is a shape of vessel from the classical world usually a cylindrical box with a separate lid.
Gift of herbert l.
Not on view due to temporary getty closure.
12 10 x 25 4 cm.
Attic geometric pyxis 8th century bc.
A pyxis with sculpted decoration.
Los angeles county museum of art los angeles united states.
Catalan museum of archaeology barcelona spain.
While pyxides are frequently found in burials they also may have served as a container for small objects during the owner s lifetime.
The pyxis was a shallow and circular lidded receptacle used by women for cosmetics and jewelry.
Metropolitan museum of art new york.
Attic geometric lidded pyxis unknown greece athens 800 760 b c furnishings ceramic.
A red figure attic pyxis 460 450 bce.
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Attic geometric lidded pyxis unknown 800 760 b c.
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.
4 3 4 x 10 in.
Attic tripod pyxis with lid.
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.
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 knob of the lid assumes many different forms.
The goddess appears as a sprightly little girl being grasped by a comparatively mature eros.
In the grave they may have contained perishable offerings such as food.
2 2 cm 7 8 in.
Attic geometric lidded pyxis.
This example depicts the birth of aphrodite with eros on the left.