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Pyxis: GR.1.1922

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Pyxis, women and atendants with mirror, alabastron, box; bag and mirror suspended

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.127 m
Width: 0.101 m

Place(s) associated

  • Athens ⪼ Attica ⪼ Greece

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1922) by Lamb, Winifred

Dating

Classical
Production date: 460 BC

Materials used in production

Clay

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: GR.1.1922
Primary reference Number: 68755
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 1 December 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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