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Accession_Number

45.6.25

Shape

Pyxis lid

Shape_description

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Sicilian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 7/4

Decoration

On brown ground is painted the remains of leaves and flowers in white, with dark red and blue-black. Small central knob handle. Rim flares upwards slighlty.

Inscriptions

Condition

Large chip to topside of rim. Deposits on underside. Paint worn on top design.

Technique/Style

Black glaze; overpainted

Provenance

Period

Hellenistic

Date

3 c.

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.98.0014.jpg	Side view of a Sicilian lid.
2003.98.0015.jpg	Top view of a Sicilian lid, showing the main design.
2003.98.0016.jpg	Bottom view of a Sicilian lid, showing the interior.
2004.99.0009.jpg	Oblique view of the top of a Sicilian pyxis lid decorated with superposed colour.
2004.99.0010.jpg	Top view of the a Sicilian pyxis lid decorated with superposed colour.
2004.99.0011.jpg	Bottom view a Sicilian pyxis lid, showing the reserved interior.
2004.99.0017.jpg	Profile view of a Sicilian pyxis lid decorated with superposed colour.
2004.99.0018.jpg	Profile view of a Sicilian pyxis lid decorated with superposed colour.
2004.99.0019.jpg	Top view of the a Sicilian pyxis lid decorated with superposed colour.
2007.02.0029.jpg	Oblique view of a Sicilian pyxis lid, showing decorative leaves and flowers.
2007.02.0030.jpg	Oblique view of a Sicilian pyxis lid, showing decorative leaves and flowers.
2007.02.0031.jpg	Oblique view of the top of a Sicilian pyxis lid decorated with superposed colour.
2007.05.0005.jpg	Oblique view of a Sicilian lid.