Pyxis Lid
L-64-208B
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Italy | Apulia
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | L-64-208B |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Apulian | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | Apulia |
| Manufacture Location | Apulia |
| Period | Hellenistic Period |
| Date Made | c 320 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Red Figure |
| Iconography | Woman |
| Description | Combined container and lid generally like a top. Lid like a lekanis lid. Side low and straight in profile. Top surface has gentle slope. Constricted stem for knob. Disk knob, side profile molded. On either side of the top surface a female head in profile facing left. Between the heads a triangular palmette. Glaze rosette on top of knob. Intact. On inside of cover 778/S or 118/5 or a triskeles (?). |
| Height | 5.7 m |
| Outside Diameter | 9.6 m |
| Other Number | 99-183 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number |
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