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CIRCA LATE 5TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN ATTIC RED-FIGURE PYXIS
circa late 5th century b.c.
Chalice-shaped with a knobed lid, the cylindrical box with seven figures in groups, including two seated women facing each other, the woman to the left holding a tympanum, the woman to the right beating it with her left hand, a third woman in attendance leans on the shoulder of her companion, a wreath in her hand; to their right a standing woman holding a box, a squating winged Eros in front of her holding a mirror for her in his left hand, a rabbit between them; and to their right, a seated woman holding a mirror, a standing woman in front of her with a rabbit in her left hand, a wreath in her right; bands of egg on the sides of the foot, below the scene and below the overhanging rim, a myrtle wreath around the upper side of the rim; one side of the lid with a standing woman holding a box, facing a seated woman with a rabbit, a standing woman with a tympanum behind her; the other side of the lid with a seated woman between a crouching winged Eros and a seated woman with a fillet; some details in added white
4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) high
circa late 5th century b.c.
Chalice-shaped with a knobed lid, the cylindrical box with seven figures in groups, including two seated women facing each other, the woman to the left holding a tympanum, the woman to the right beating it with her left hand, a third woman in attendance leans on the shoulder of her companion, a wreath in her hand; to their right a standing woman holding a box, a squating winged Eros in front of her holding a mirror for her in his left hand, a rabbit between them; and to their right, a seated woman holding a mirror, a standing woman in front of her with a rabbit in her left hand, a wreath in her right; bands of egg on the sides of the foot, below the scene and below the overhanging rim, a myrtle wreath around the upper side of the rim; one side of the lid with a standing woman holding a box, facing a seated woman with a rabbit, a standing woman with a tympanum behind her; the other side of the lid with a seated woman between a crouching winged Eros and a seated woman with a fillet; some details in added white
4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) high