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Athenian pyxis lid decorated with women

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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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