<p>The body of the pyxis is decorated with a bull, griffin, and dog in profile with volutes on each side of the dog separating it from the other creatures. The lid is decorated by a pattern of palmettes and volutes surrounded by a border of egg-and-dart. There is a hole in the center of the lid where a knob handle would have attached.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.81' rel='external'>Pyxis with Animal Frieze</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>
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