This example depicts the birth of aphrodite with eros on the left.
Attic marble pyxi.
Metropolitan museum of art new york.
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Marble pyxis box late 5th early 4th century b c.
A pyxis with sculpted decoration the pyxis was a shallow and circular lidded receptacle used by women for cosmetics and jewelry.
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Pyxides were lidded boxes used for storing small items such as jewellery.
Pyxis cosmetic jar date.
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400 bce it is made entirely of pentelic marble.
A and b combined.
A red figure attic pyxis 460 450 bce.
Greek attic greek marble working of the classical period is generally associated with architecture and monumental sculpture.
Carlos collection of ancient art.
The relief currently on display at the national archaeological museum in athens was found in 1870 in the kerameikos in athens which now houses a replica of it.
The grave stele of hegeso most likely sculpted by callimachus is renowned as one of the finest attic grave stelae surviving today.
Elegant and rare example of a finely carved lidded greek pyxis a vessel associated with women in antiquity and generally used for holding items such as earrings and rings considered precious to the owner.
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As classical painters sought to achieve ever more complex effects with the limited possibilities of red figure the white background gave new prominence to the glaze lines and polychromy.
4 3 4 x 2 15 16 in.
Pyxis cosmetic jar title.
The rounded body is thoughtfully utilitarian with straight sides and deep basin for storage of small objects a slight ledge near the top.
Attic tripod pyxis with lid.
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The judgement of paris during the middle of the fifth century b c the white ground technique was commonly used for lekythoi oil flasks placed on graves and for fine vases of other shapes.
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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.