Apulian Red-Figure Globular Lidded Pyxis

The lid of this pyxis is intact; the bowl has been reconstructed from fragments. Much of the glaze, misfired in shades of dark-brown to orange-red has flaked away. The hemispherical lid has a pomegranate knob and inset rim; the hemispherical bowl with a foot in two degrees on a short, broad stem has a fillet at the join of the stem to the body and at the stem to the foot. At the center top of the knob, a very small black cone rises out of a recessed circle with a reserve band around. The knob is black; its stem has narrow reserved bands at the joins above and below. The bowl is decorated around the exterior with a laurel wreath to the left with white berries; below is wave between two black bands. Around the stem of the foot is a narrow brown stripe above a broad pink-red band. The underside of the foot is reserved. On the lid, between two large palmettes are two female heads in profile to the left. Each wears a stephane, a sakkos with a ribbon, an earring, and a necklace. In front of one head is and ivy leaf; a rosette below; and a quarter palmette behind. In front and behind the other head are quarter palmettes.