Art Institute of Chicago
Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
Greek; AthensLinkedCulture matchlcp-96247048df89
- Date
- late 6th century BCE
- Medium
- terracotta, black-figure
- Culture
- Greece
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 160
There is a continuous frieze around the body of the vessel consisting of seated draped youths, standing draped females, naked youths with spears, runners and young riders. The draped male figures, seated and standing, all seem to be youths (they wear long chitons and himatia) and hold staffs. The standing women have lost their added white paint. A single naked boy is introduced in the frieze behind one of the women. There are mock inscriptions (dots) in the field.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson
- Provenance
- Said to be found at Orvieto [Old Reigster at the Art Institute of Chicago]. Augusto Mele, Naples, Italy; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago through J.C. Fletcher as agent, 1889; price reimbursed by Charles Hutchinson and Philip D. Armour, 1889.
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- Object type
- AAT300193015
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