Athenian pyxis lid decorated with women

An image of Pyxis lid. Cosmetic vessel. With women. Production Place: Athens. Clay, red-figured, height 0.2 m, width 0.198 m, 390 B.C. Classical Greek Period.

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Pyxis lid. Cosmetic vessel. With women. Production Place: Athens. Clay, red-figured, height 0.2 m, width 0.198 m, 390 B.C. Classical Greek Period.

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Accession Number: GR.10.1923
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1012 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 224.05kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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4th Century Ancient Greece antiquity Athenian Attic BC Classical Greek Period clay cosmetic vessel female Fitz_ANT Greek pot pot lid pottery red-figured vessel women

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