Ancient Greek Ceramic Pyxis - Meander Design - Geometric Period, 700 BC - Athens, Attica - Handmade in Greece

Item Specifics

Condition: New, Handmade in Greece
Height: 7 cm - 2,8 inches
Diameter: 14 cm - 5,5 inches
Weight: 570 g
Material: clay, paint, ceramic, terracotta

A pyxis is a shape of vessel from the classical world, usually a cylindrical box with a separate lid. Originally mostly used by women to hold cosmetics, trinkets or jewellery, surviving pyxides are mostly Greek pottery, but especially in later periods may be in wood, metal, ivory, or other materials.
Meander was the most important symbol in Ancient Greece, symbolizing infinity or the eternal flow of things. It is considered that there is a connection with the Cretan labyrinth – the meander is the figure of a labyrinth in linear form.