Title: Terracotta pyxis (cosmetic box)
Object type: Pyxis with lid
Date: 3rd–2nd century BCE
Culture: Greek, Macedonian
Period: Hellenistic
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: h. with lid 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm); d. 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit line: Gift of Madame Politis, in memory of her husband, Athanase G. Politis, Ambassador of Greece to the United States, 1979
Department: Greek and Roman Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Dionysus