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SO.3);s extraordinarily akin 10 that af Worcester in profile...ill,' oand
ornamentation. It projected far beyond the wall of the now
missing box and the flange is decorated .....ith oli,'c lea\'es and
white berries. There is a frieze of figures on the flat upper
surface.
The diameter of the lid is estimated at ca. 0.14 to 0.143 for the
Worcester lid. The projection of the Agera lid appears to ha\'c
been e,'en mo~ extensi,"c Ihan that of Worcester :IS the I,)\cr·
hanging section measuro 0.023 to 0.019 for Worcester.
The profile of no. 3 (New York 06.1021.119. Fig. 14b) is more
exlra\'agant than any other. The wall has a concave cut'\'c
se~raled from a sloping keel at the bast by a moulding. The lid
projects far beyond the line of the wall and Cl'cn beyond the lo.....er
keel. Like no. t the upper surface of the lid is flat with a y;K1e low
moulding at the center which here forms a foundation for a knob
in the form of a knucklebone. The flange of the lid does not cu,""c
downlo\ard to join the line of the wall as in no. 1 but forms an
abrupt angle. The low tripartite foot protrudes widely benealh the
slope of the lower keel of the box. The lid construction diners
from the usual in that there is no inset flange at the top of the
Io\all of the pyxis. Instead the lid is flanged beneath and this
nange fits down within the body of the vase.
The lack of a harmonious relationship between the individual
parts and the whole is somewhat disturbing. The date should be
in the last quarter of the fifth eentury. For a similar crass-girt
chiton cf. that of a woman on a red-figured squat lekythos. Ji The
majority of red-figured ware from the well from which it comes
dates from 425·400 a.c. Another exemplar dated ca. 420·410 D.e.
comes from the PnyxY
The Worcester pyxis (PI. 81,1). by the Eretria Painler. dale.. ca.
430 D.e. and a comparison of its profile with that or Ihe
contemporary London E 774 (pI. 79), by the same miniaturbl.
provokes astonishment. Rather than simply considering them
different odd pyxides, should onc not rather regard them as
different trial pieces from a period of chaotic experimentation
VARIOUS SMALL HYBKIDS
I',Ul~, LWH'n' CA 1443. from Eretria. 1'1. hl.2 and Fig. ISe
It 0.0"'3, H. with lid 0.08. D. at flnt 0.082. D. of lid 0.106. H.
I t'lJ...t 0.009.
!u,>et flange fur lid. slight CQncave cune to wall. resen'ed
mnulding at base Central tondo of lid: representation in relief of
a .... creid. holding a grea,'e, on a sea horse. Reserved, echinoid
..,'ulnur la lid Ilange. Ring foot.
1';llOtl'r III Alhl'n' I 5. ",om3n ,>ealed and y;nmen: AN\'.
1.\0(1.1,
·1 he "1)le of Ihe relief has nothing to do .... ith that of the
pit.ture:- P. Jacobsthal. /Jil' mef'$chl'" ReliefS. 184. figs. 55·56.
1 hI:' number in AR V is incorrect.
2. >1'1\ Yurk 06.1021.123. from Attica. PI. H2.1. Fig. ISb.
H. 0.00.1. H. Io\ith lid 0.102, D. at rim 0.076. D. of lid 0.093.
Il;,>el !lange for lid. slight COllca\'e CUr'iC to wall, con\'ex base
moulding separatt'd Irom '" all by a grou\e. Lid slopes from center
10 rounded con\'ex lid llange. Asymmetrienl knob.
1id rays and dot... black band. egg and dot.
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