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Erotes pursuing women
The pyxis was a container for small items and toilet articles. The decoration of Erotes rushing in hot but endless pursuit around the circumference is charming and suggestive.
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Title: Terracotta pyxis (box)
Period: Classical
Date: ca. 425–400 BCE
Culture: Greek, Attic
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:
H. with lid 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
diameter of body 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
diameter of lid 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number: 06.1021.121a, b
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