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NM Ant 0425 :: pyxis

Object description: Lid: flat top; moulding at junction between knob and lid top; flange on underside of rim. Box: straight flange; ledge at upper body; carinated, concave body; ridge below carination; moulded tripod base. Light red clay; black glaze. Lid: rays at base of knob; one row of bars and one of dots framed by bands around moulding (junction knob/lid top); one laurel branch on lid top and another one with single leaves on rim; bottom black. Box: three different scenes on body – Eros and woman holding a conical object, Eros and woman, Eros and two dancing women (the one to the left holding a conical object); ovoli below figures, on upper part of carination; remaining part of box black.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 0425

Serie nummer

1155

Object

pyxis

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Gift from the Swedish and Norwegian Consul at Piraeus, Mr. M. N. Rodocanachi, June 2, 1880.

Description

Lid: flat top; moulding at junction between knob and lid top; flange on underside of rim. Box: straight flange; ledge at upper body; carinated, concave body; ridge below carination; moulded tripod base. Light red clay; black glaze. Lid: rays at base of knob; one row of bars and one of dots framed by bands around moulding (junction knob/lid top); one laurel branch on lid top and another one with single leaves on rim; bottom black. Box: three different scenes on body – Eros and woman holding a conical object, Eros and woman, Eros and two dancing women (the one to the left holding a conical object); ovoli below figures, on upper part of carination; remaining part of box black.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

5th century BC

Period

Classical

Exhibition - Current

Study Gallery

Description: Upstairs, in interaction with the Baghdad Cafe, opened in February 2009, the upper gallery. A rich variety of objects retrieved from the museum's storerooms, many of them shown for the first time. A series of booths filled to the brim with beautiful vases functions as a traditional study collection of ancient ceramics. Other booths highlights the thematic elements of the ancient world: the subject of everyday and festive, and images of gods, humans and animals. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate).
Time - Start: 2009-022009-02

Exhibition, Part of - Current