Pyxis and Cover with Women and Erotes

ca. 370-360 BC (Late Classical)

15 cm 10.7 cm

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The cylindrical walls of this pyxis base are wrapped in a repeating pattern of triangular palmettes and crowned by a lid that shows a fantastic scene of women and erotes. A band of an egg and dot pattern on the outer edge of the lid serve as a ground for three women and two er...

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Dr. B. and M.C. Collection Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1910, no. 192, pl. 24; Jean Mikas, Paris and Athens [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1927, by purchase [inv. no. P4225]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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