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132 THE ArTlc Pl'XIS IJJ
slightly beyond the contour of the v'al1. The upper surface of the
lid is flat and is crowned by a ring handle in terracotta (the upper
part restored). This handle type may show the influence of the
predominant type of the period. the pyxis type C. which was
regularly furnished ....ith a ring handle of bronze. In addition the
lid was decorated with a figured frieze," the usual adornment of
lids of type C.
The white ground pyxis. type A. is a rarity and this isolated
exemplar appears about twenty years after the earlter enmples
which were mostly painted by PenthesiJeans 15 in the years ca.
460450 H.C. It differs from these in having a white ground lid.
The simple concave cunc of the wall and the squat proportions
of a pyxis in London (PI. 79 and Fig. 14a), are ,'ery like those of
the white ground pyxis in New York. The lid Ohef: set on it prm'ed
to bt alien. judging from the slight projection of the lower flange
the lid would have elltended little beyond the wall of the boll. At
this period the projection of a lid usually matches or exceeds the
elltension of the lo.....er keel of the box. The concave contour of the
tall tripartite foot emphasizes the form of the box. The black foot
is finely articulated by raised rings in black standing out from
reserved bands on either side. The elegance of form is
commensurate with the exquisite miniature figure style by the
Eretria Painter. The two pyxides date ca. 430-420 S.C.
PYXIDES OF EXTRAVAGANT PROFILE
I. Worcester (Mass.) /935./48. PI.8I,1
Knob missing. H. 0.112, total H. pres. 0.119, D. at rim 0.089.
D. of lid 0.143. H. of foot 0.035.
Lid: tongue and dot. line and dot on central mouldings. frieze:
Erotes with cocks, Erotes with hare. in the field dioros and stone
for a game of ephedrismos. For a representation of the game in
progress by the Shuvalov Painter: Arias, pI. 204. Side of lid:
wreath of laurel leaves with white berries.
Moulding decorated with egg and dot above frieze: below:
stopped interlocking maeanders on projecting keel.
Eretria Painter. mistress and maid: mbtre,,, and maid: 1"-0
maids; ARV. 1250.33; Worcester Art Museum Annual 2
(19.36-37) 28-31. figs. 1-4. The number in ARV is incorrect.
2_ AIII.'IIS. Agora P 6R45 lr., from Athens. Pis. SO.l and 80.3.
lid fragment. H. pres. 0.014. D. est. ca. 0.14.
Upper surface of lid flat. step down to lov..er horizontal rim.
articulated by added red.
Frieze; Niobids; flange of lid; olive leaves with white berries.
Red-ligure.ArltK 6 (1963) 23-32. plo 8. )·2 (Clainnont). Similarities
to the work of the Eretria Painter were nOled by Clainnont and
confirmed b)' Senley.
3. N('t\' York 06.1021.119. fig. 14b.
H. 0.077. H. with lid 0.12. D. at rim 0.083, D. of lid 0.12. H. of
foot 0.016.
Knucklebone handle. lid nanged beneath, box concave with
projecting sloping keel. tripanite foot.
Lid' debased longues on central moulding. then egg and dot.
maeand...rs in groups of three. separated by saltire squares.
U,.derside of lid: laurel.
Black moulding. groove. black moulding above frieze; below:
black moulding, laurel on sloping keel.
Ked-figure: Richter and Milne. fig. 140.
The Worcester pyxis (no. I. PI. 81.\) is onc of the most
playful and extravagant models of type A. The wall has a sloping
contour with a strongly projecting lower keel, whose upper surface
is concave with a groove near the outer edge. The lid projects
equally far beyond the line of the wall. The most prominent
feature of the p}'xis is these two "beaks" enframing the line of the
wall. The tall foot is tripartite and of a concave contour quite
unrelated to the profile of the box. The upper surface of the lid is
flat with a series of low mouldings at the center to suppon a
knob. now missing. Near the outer edge is a groove. Laurel and
white berry adorn the flange of the lid.
A fragmcntary lid from the Athenian Agara (no. 2. Pis. 80.1 and