Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/45.6.22

Accession_Number

45.6.22

Shape

Pyxis lid

Shape_description

Groove around base of knob, but knob is missing.

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Campanian

Fabric_description

Red clay

Munsell_color

5YR 7/6

Decoration

Black circle where knob would have been followed by incised groove. Around rim black dots on reserved ground. Ivy wreath, leaves reserved and outlined in white, stems incised, with clusters of berries painted in white. Underside is reserved.

Inscriptions

Condition

Knob missing. Good condition design although the white has rubbed off substantially. Some chips to rim and underside lip.

Technique/Style

Red figure

Provenance

Period

Late Classical / Early Hellenistic

Date

350-300

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.26.0004.jpg	Oblique bottom view of the lid from a skyphoid pyxis, showing ivy wreaths with incised stems, and clusters of berries painted in white.
2003.26.0098.jpg	Oblique bottom view of the lid from a skyphoid pyxis, showing black dots around rim and main ivy wreath decoration.
2003.97.0363.jpg	Oblique side view of a Campanian Pyxis lid, showing the reserved interior.
2003.97.0364.jpg	Side view of a Campanian Pyxis lid, showing the reserved interior.
2003.97.0365.jpg	Top view of the inside of a Campanian Pyxis lid, showing white deposit on surface.
2003.97.0366.jpg	Top view of Campanian Pyxis lid, showing missing knob.
2005.89.0020.jpg