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Box (pyxis) cover with scenes of the Eleusinian Mysteries
Greek
Late Classical Period
370–330 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Length: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.877a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
DescriptionFragments of pyxis cover. Scene from the Eleusinian Mysteries.
a[=532,532e,532d] at left, female figure with torch, nude youth in petasos, seated; standing and seated female figures: man standing. Three pieces joined by paper.
b[=532 a,b,c] Part of rim with laurel wreath, and adjoining part of bowl with part of seated draped figure. c[=532 f] Part of two concentric circles in relief.
a[=532,532e,532d] at left, female figure with torch, nude youth in petasos, seated; standing and seated female figures: man standing. Three pieces joined by paper.
b[=532 a,b,c] Part of rim with laurel wreath, and adjoining part of bowl with part of seated draped figure. c[=532 f] Part of two concentric circles in relief.
ProvenanceBy 1903: with Edward Perry Warren (according to his records: bought in Athens); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, March 1903