# Miniature Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)

- By: Ancient Greek
- Date: 300-270 BCE
- Medium: terracotta, with silhouette decoration
- Classification: Vessel
- Dimensions: a (jar): 7.1 × 8.5 × 8.5 cm (2.82 × 3 .375 × 3.375 in) b (lid): 2.1 × 4 × 4 cm (.83 × 1.61 × 1.60 in) c (saucer): 2.5 × 13.3 × 13.3 cm (1 × 5.25 × 5.25 in)
- Culture: Cales
- Credit line: Museum Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/282)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/99afadf9-919e-6759-64f6-1a23aae8219a/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The shoulder of this vase is decorated with a black ivy wreath with complex runners. Black lines appear on the handles and between them, as well as on the short neck.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0