Agora Object: Agora XXX, no. 991 Chronology: | | Ca. 430 B.C. | Deposit: | | O 19:4 | Published Number: | | AV 30.991 | References: | | Object: P 13096
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Three non-joining wall fragments of pyxis, a with flange for lid. Max. dim. a) 0.062, b) 0.042, c) 0.025. Matheson, Polygnotos, p. 428, cat. no. KLM 38.
Aphrodite, Eros, and another woman. Fragment a preserves the wreathed head and right shoulder of a woman to left, wearing a chiton. She also has an earring and necklace. Behind her tied-up hair:
In front of her, a hanging wreath with fruit. Fragment b shows Eros (head with spiked fillet, wings, shoulders and chest, left leg
from the knee down), to left, holding something that looks like a garment, probably the shoulder of Aphrodite. In the lower right a bit of drapery belonging to another woman. Behind Eros:
Fragment c shows part of another wreath; below it, at thebreak:
Above the figures, egg pattern with dots. Relief contour. Dilute glaze: cover feathers. White (flaked): fruit; inscriptions. Added clay: fruit; spikes of fillets.
Between the Kleophon Painter and his pupil, the Dinos Painter (ARV2 one 789, 5); Manner of the Kleophon Painter (ARV2 1150, 28).
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