Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)

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Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)

Greek; AthensLinkedCulture matchlcp-96247048df89

Date
730-720 BCE
Medium
terracotta
Culture
Athens
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
50203

Ceramic vessels decorated with repetitive linear designs were so popular during the 8th and 7th centuries BC that the term Geometric applies to both the style and the time period (800–600 BC). The body of this container is decorated with popular ornamentations, among them Greek key pattern, or meanders, as well as checkerboard patterns, dotted and crosshatched lozenges, and chevrons. The handle of this vase takes the form of horses standing side by side, suggesting a team for a four-horse chariot. Ownership of horses was an important indicator of financial status, since only the wealthy could afford to possess and train them.

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Credit line
Costa A. Pandaleon Greek Art Memorial Fund
Provenance
With Ars Antiqua, Lucerne, Switzerland, April 29, 1961, lot 80. Bruce McAlpine, London, by 1976 [receipt in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1976.

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AAT300193015

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