The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta pyxis (box)

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Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

Eros, God of Love
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Terracotta pyxis (box)

Period:: Classical
Date:: ca. 420–400 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:: H. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
Accession Number:: 1972.118.148

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 159

Description

Preparations for wedding

The frieze presents a rather full picture of a bride's preparations. At the beginning, she bathes with the help of Eros, who empties an amphora over her. Other women are dressing themselves or adorning a loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water). Inside the house, a woman with Eros on her lap sits with Aphrodite and a matronly attendant.
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What
Clay (23,631)

Vessels (21,926)

Vases (8,894)

Terracotta (8,373)

Pyxides (109)
Where
Europe (150,372)

Greece (6,283)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,142)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,330)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
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