Attic red-figure pottery pyxis and lid

Details

• Title

  Attic red-figure pottery pyxis and lid

• Associated place

  The Greek World › Greece › Attica (place of creation)

• Date

  460 BC - 440 BC
  Classical Period (Greece) (480 - 323 BC)

• Material and technique

  pottery, with painted decoration

• Object type

  container › cosmetic-container › cosmetic-vessel › cosmetic-pot › pyxis › type A pyxis;

  container › cosmetic-container › cosmetic-vessel › cosmetic-pot › pyxis › tripod pyxis

• Dimensions

  body 10.2 cm (height)
  lid 3.6 cm preserved (height)
  body and lid 13.6 cm (height)
  flange 9.4 cm (diameter)
  sealing surface 8.5 cm (diameter)
  lid 12 cm (diameter)
  body 11 cm (diameter)
  foot 9.5 cm (diameter)

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• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1956.2

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