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Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Canosan
On the lid in relief, Eros approaching a youth seated on a chair embracing a girl who is perched on his knee with one arm around his neck. The youth's strigil and aryballos (oil bottle) hang on the back of the chair.
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Title: Terracotta pyxis lid (box lid)
Period: Early Hellenistic
Date: late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
Culture: Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Canosan
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. with lid 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm)
H. of box 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)
diameter of box 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1928
Accession Number: 28.57.5a, b
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