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Terracotta pyxis

Terracotta pyxis





Artist : Anonymous

Model : Eros
Aphrodite

Date : approx. between 420 and 400 B.C.

Material : Terra cotta
Acquisition : Bequest of Walter C. Baker (1971)
Preparations for weeding
Item 37 on 81
Greek Antiquities
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Vitrine : V01

Area related
Attique (Greece)

Description   

The frieze represents a picture of a bride's preparations. At the beginning, she bathes with the help of Eros, who empties an amphora over her. Other women are dressing themselves or adorning a ceremonial vase. Inside the house, a woman with Eros on her lap sits with Aphrodite and a matronly attendant.
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