Terracotta pyxis (box)

Greek, Attic

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

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).

Terracotta pyxis (box), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta pyxis (box), Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta pyxis (box), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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