{"product_id":"black-glaze-lidded-bowl-lekanis-set-2","title":"BG Lidded Bowl - Pyxis","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003eBlack-Glazed Pyxis with Lid — b\u003cspan\u003eased on Attic prototype of the mid-5th century BCE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his gallery’s landmark exhibition on black-glaze pottery, Jamie Ede of Charles Ede, London, singled out a small pyxis — or lekanis — as one of the most treasured pieces he had handled: one of the first he ever sold, formerly in an aristocratic English collection, with a lid so precisely made that it fitted perfectly in only one position. It is this quiet standard of form and precision that this piece recalls.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pyxis represents black-glaze pottery at its most refined: a low, rounded vessel on a small footed base, covered in a deep, lustrous black glaze. The surface is interrupted only by a fine line of exposed terracotta at the rim and the unglazed knob of the lid, revealing the warm clay beneath. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo decoration is needed. The form does everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSimilar variations of the type are published in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAgora XII\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, no. 324, pl. 42, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKerameikos IX\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, no. 54, pl. 83.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e L. 10.0 cm, H. 7.5 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Attic Black","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54212878041429,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7790\/6893\/files\/AD-BGW-31_2.jpg?v=1782826304","url":"https:\/\/theatticblackshop.com\/products\/black-glaze-lidded-bowl-lekanis-set-2","provider":"Attic Black","version":"1.0","type":"link"}