Caption

Pyxis with a lid, unknown Boeotian workshop. Pyxis with a lid with a high handle. Cylindrical body with slightly concave walls. Decorated with a plant motif. Set on three legs. Sharp edge above the leg. Bottom decorated with a black circle, with a varnish stain in the central part. Technology: visible traces of turning; good-quality glossy varnish; cleaned clay. Notes: reconstructed artefact, large part of the rim and body of the vessel and lid restored with plaster additions. Maker/attribution:, date: 2nd half of the 4th century BC; place of origin: Boeotia; type: pyxis vessel; weight: 0.950 kg., A group of three ceramic objects sits on a flat surface against a gray background: a tall, flared vessel on the left with a wide rim and a decorated body showing repeating fan-like and arch patterns in black on a tan clay, a low, circular object in the center with a raised central cup-like structure and concentric decorative bands and brushstroke patterns in black on tan, and a small lid-like piece on the right with a knob and similar black-on-tan decoration. The colors visible are tan, black, and gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A01_279

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Keywords

Pyxis lid unknown Boeotian workshop high handle Cylindrical body slightly concave walls Decorated plant motif Set three legs Sharp edge leg Bottom decorated black circle varnish stain central part Technology visible traces turning good-quality glossy varnish cleaned clay Notes reconstructed artefact large part rim body vessel lid restored plaster additions Maker attribution date 2nd half 4th century BC place origin Boeotia type pyxis vessel weight 0.950 kg group three ceramic objects sits flat surface gray background tall flared vessel left wide rim decorated body showing repeating fan- arch patterns black tan clay low circular object center raised central cup- structure concentric decorative bands brushstroke patterns tan small lid- piece right knob black-on-tan decoration colors visible gray.