View of side A

Collection: Paris, Musée du Louvre
Summary: Most of the body is covered with bands of geometric ornament. Between the handles is a frieze comprised largely of a maeander, with a horse, shown profile toward the center of the vase, next to each handle.
Ware: Attic Geometric
Date: ca.
Dimensions: H. 0.355 m; H. (cover) 0.205 m; H. (total) 0.56 m; Diam. (max.) 0.382 m; Diam. (pres.) 0.26 m; D. (cover) 0.255 m
Shape: Pyxis
Period: Geometric


Sources Used: CVA, Louvre 16, III.Hb, pls. 3.1-2, 4.1-2, 5.2, 50.1-2