pyxis
- Museum number
- 1920,1221.1
- Description
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Pottery: red-figured pyxis showing a marriage procession: the bride is driven in a chariot from her parents' home to that of her husband.
- Production date
- 440BC-430BC
- Dimensions
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Circumference: 56 centimetres
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Height: 17.60 centimetres
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Weight: 1 kilograms
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Width: 17.50 centimetres
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Depth: 17.80 centimetres
- Location
- On display (G69/dc1)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2015, 26 Mar-5 Jul, The British Museum, Defining Beauty: the body in ancient Greek art.
2017-2018,24 Nov-25 Mar, Toulouse, Musee Saint-Raymond, Rituels grecs: une experience sensible
- Acquisition date
- 1920
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1920,1221.1
