The knob of the lid assumes many different forms.
Attic pyxis creater.
Attic geometric lidded pyxis unknown greece athens 800 760 b c furnishings ceramic.
Attic geometric lidded pyxis unknown 800 760 b c.
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.
A red figure attic pyxis 460 450 bce.
Attic geometric pyxis 8th century bc.
Gift of herbert l.
Not on view due to temporary getty closure.
Attic red figure pyxis ca.
The occasion is the birth perhaps rather the advent of aphrodite.
Los angeles county museum of art los angeles united states.
Attic geometric lidded pyxis.
While pyxides are frequently found in burials they also may have served as a container for small objects during the owner s lifetime.
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4 3 4 x 10 in.
Metropolitan museum of art new york.
12 10 x 25 4 cm.
This example depicts the birth of aphrodite with eros on the left.
In the grave they may have contained perishable offerings such as food.
A pyxis πυξίς plural pyxides is a shape of vessel from the classical world usually a cylindrical box with a separate lid.
Terracotta pyxis box with lid mid 8th century b c.
Pyxides were lidded boxes used for storing small items such as jewellery.
A pyxis with sculpted decoration.
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Attic black figure pyxis fragment comprised of 2 joined fragments.
Birth of aphrodite on this pyxis women who normally sit rather languidly with their caskets and perfume flasks are galvanized into activity.
Attic tripod pyxis with lid.
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.
Catalan museum of archaeology barcelona spain.
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.