Lid
Pyxis
MS4865B
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS4865B |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Period | Archaic Greek Period |
| Date Made | 540-450 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure |
| Description | Restored from many fragments. Much of rim and wall and all of knob restored in plaster. Interior unglazed. Reserved frieze occupies most of outer wall with glazed band around outer edge and glazed central area at top. In frieze two processions of figures converging on a seated, cloaked male figure facing right. From left figured proceeding to right are: two male figures, a male on horseback, a cloaked male, a cloaked female figure. From right figures proceeding to left; Nude male figure with shield and spear; female figure; nude male figure; male on horseback; male figure; female figure. MS4865B is the lid for MS3438. |
| Height | 6.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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