Terracotta pyxis (box)
Women and Erotes
The representation here probably has some relation to rituals for the goddess Aphrodite that took place in an outdoor, garden-like setting. Particularly conspicuous is the woman seated on a rock-like formation and isolated between two vertical foliate bands. The other figures include Erotes, a winged woman resembling Nike, and women with household furnishings such as a casket and kalathos (wool basket).
The representation here probably has some relation to rituals for the goddess Aphrodite that took place in an outdoor, garden-like setting. Particularly conspicuous is the woman seated on a rock-like formation and isolated between two vertical foliate bands. The other figures include Erotes, a winged woman resembling Nike, and women with household furnishings such as a casket and kalathos (wool basket).
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta pyxis (box)
- Period: Classical
- Date: late 5th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
- Object Number: 06.1021.120a, b
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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