Lidded pyxis

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Inventory number

ΝΑ 1957 Αα 2122

Artist

Attic workshop

Category

Vessel

Period

Archaic Period

Date

6th cent. BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.04 m
Diameter: 0.042 m
Lid diameter: 0.048 m

Material

Clay

Location

Gallery of the Acropolis Slopes, Case 6, No 122

Description
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Miniature tripod lidded pyxis belonging to the Swan Group, decorated in the black-figure technique. It was found incomplete in 1957 at the Sanctuary of the Nymphe.

Thin, orange slip covers the surface of the vessel. On the lid six swans are depicted, rendered with black and red paint. The area around them is filled with short, diagonal lines. Three similar swans, framed by oblique lines, adorn the three legs of the pyxis. The rim, the circumference of the lid and the base of its central knob are accentuated with black colour.

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