Object Image

Terracotta pyxis (box)

Unknown Artist
Forepart of lion

This pyxis forms a pair with 1989.281.81.1a, b.

Credit: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
Last quarter of 5th century B.C.
Terracotta; red-figure
6.6 x 6.6cm
1989.281.81.2a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018

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