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On the body, frieze of animals
On the shoulder, frieze of animals interrupted by human busts
In this distinctly Corinthian type of pyxis, the molded busts serve as handles. On an example exhibited on the main floor in the Belfer Court (74.51.364), an inscription gives the name of each of the women--Himero, Charita, and Iopa.
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Title: Terracotta pyxis (box)
Period: Late Corinthian
Date: mid-6th century BCE
Culture: Greek, Corinthian
Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions: H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); diameter of mouth 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number: 21.88.63
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