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'68 T"h ATTIC PvXIS I.'
lowered. Sometimes the position of the arms is motivated by the
action as in Vienna and New York (PI. 97.2), olher time:. not as on
the Chalki epinelron. u Ad'ens 1359 (PI. 96.1). and London E 783.31
A nude male figure is sometimes similarly posed as on the Munich
lid (pI. 95,1). The male figure un London E 778 (PI. 95.2) was
undoubtedly so positioned but when the vase was festored the
supporting leg was not redrawn correctly so the youth seems to be
lumbering forward instead of slanding securely on his right leg
with his left foot placed higher. The Eroles depicted on these lids
have white flesh with wings reserved. sometimes with added clay
then gilded. Exceptionally. the Eroles on the miniature. Athens
1359. are plain. Eras is often shown running. legs widespread with
both arms forward holding a low dish. The dish may ~ discerned
on the Vienna lid and compare also the Erotes on the Munich
and New York lids. where the pose is the same though no obj«t
may ~ seen. Another stock pose is that of a woman running to
the right carrying a chest and taenia while looking back; compare
the depiction on Ihe Chalki epinelron with those on the Munich
and London pyxides. The bodices of the women's chitons are
embroidered.
The style of Ihe lid in New York is closest to that in Vienna. A
three-figure group is almost a replica of that on the Vienna lid.
An Eras races to Ihe right towards a woman with her foot on an
elevation. who reaches for a fleeing youth. The wings of Eros
depicted on the New York lid are positioned differently from those
of Erotes by the Chalki Group but otherv.·ise the style is strikingly
similar.
The shape of the New York ppis. the patterns and the figural
st}'le resembles the others of the Chalki Class and Group.
The profile of a pyxis at Harvard (Fig. 19