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Pyxis Lid with Three Horses in the Getty Villa, June 2016

Pyxis Lid with Three Horses in the Getty Villa, June 2016
Lid with Three Horses
Greek, made in Boiotia, 760-750 BC
Terracotta
Pyxis lid

Inventory # 71.AE.217

The three small, stylized horses that decorate this lid appear to wear harnesses and may represent a chariot team. The lid once belonged to a pyxis, a cylindrical container used to hold precious objects such as jewelry or cosmetics.

Text from the Getty Villa museum label.

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