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Terracotta pyxis

Terracotta pyxis





Artist : Anonymous

In the style of : Peintre de Meidias ( The Meidias Painter)
Model : Aphrodite
Eunomia
Peitho
Hygieia
Eudaimonia
Paideia
Euklia

Date : approx. between 420 and 410 B.C.

Material : Terra cotta
Acquisition : (1909)
Aphrodite attended by ladies
Item 41 on 81
Greek Antiquities
Container

Vitrine : V01

Area related
Attique (Greece)

Description   

The representation here shows the typical Athenian lady surrounded by attendants holding caskets and vases for oil. The inscriptions identify Aphrodite has the seated figure and her companions as Peitho, Hygieia, Eudaimonia, Euklia, Eunomia and Paideia. The pyxis was undoubtedly a wedding gift.
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