Ure Museum | Database

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Accession_Number

25.8.5

Shape

Pyxis lid

Shape_description

The handle is in three tiers, with a point at the tip.

Material

Fabric

Boeotian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/4

Decoration

The handle is black with a reserved line at the foot of each tier. The surface of the lid shows alternate palmettes and lotuses, four of each, joined by tendrils. Towards the edge of the lip is a thin black line, with a thicker one outside it that goes right to the edge of the rim. The underside of the lid is reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Complete but made up of seven seperate pices stuck back together. The handle has several chips, on the middle and lower tiers. The tip of the highest tier has also been chipped, and all over the handle, the gloss shows evidence of wear, with tiny cracks and scratches. The top of the lid shows a few small flakes and chips, mainly on the decoration, and eratically over the surface, there is brown/grey deposit. The inside of the lid is reserved but still shows patches of dirt and a small amount of grey/white deposit around the rim.

Technique/Style

Floral ware

Provenance

Period

Date

430

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2002.97.0268.jpg	Top view of a Boeotian floral ware pyxis lid, showing exterior decoration.
2002.97.0269.jpg	Front view of floral ware pyxis lid with decorative three tiered black gloss and red band handle.
2002.97.0270.jpg	Reserved interior surface of pyxis lid, showing where it has been glued.
2002.97.0271.jpg	Reserved interior surface of pyxis lid.
2003.17.0008.jpg	Side view of floral ware pyxis lid with decorative three tiered black gloss and red band handle.
2004.14.0006.jpg	Front view of floral ware pyxis lid with decorative three tiered black gloss and red band handle.
2005.89.0089.jpg