N1.2 NYX
Museum Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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Catalogue No. | Oxford 1914.11 |
Beazley Archive No. | 11909 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Pyxis, Lid Fragment |
Painter | Attributed to Attic Query |
Date | ca 425 - 375 B.C. |
Period | - |
DESCRIPTION
Nyx, the winged goddess of the night, flies between a pair of horses or horse-drawn chariots--probably those of the dawn and the moon. She wears a star-spangled dress.