Pyxis
| Object Number: | MS5482A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Greece Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Corinthian |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location: | Corinth |
| Maker: | Geladakis Painter |
| Period: | Middle Corinthian Period |
| Date Made: | 595-570 BCE |
| Early Date: | -595 |
| Late Date: | -570 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Ceramic |
| Iconography: | Siren Griffins Panthers Lotus-Palmette |
| Height: | 12 cm |
| Width: | 9.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 16.5 cm |
Description
Convex handleless pyxis with lid. Pyxis: depressed globular body on wide conical foot. Wide flaring mouth with sloping flange. Outer face of mouth is solidly glazed. Glaze continues onto shoulder. Narrow zone of dicing above and below main frieze. Main frieze: a) a siren with displayed wings flanked by griffin birds and panthers; b) lotus-palmette with attached upright bud on each side flanked by griffins. Lid: flat lid with wide flattened knob on short stem. Deep flange ring on inderside. On top of know, whirigig bounded by two bands. Around base of knob wide black bands edge in red. Frieze of debased double palmettes. Flange: wide red band borded by narrow line to either side.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Classical Gallery: Greece (1975 - 1989) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 134, fig. 122 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Electronic] 1997. The Perseus Project.. Tufts University. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Stolyarik, Yelena, and Romano, Irene B., and Romano, David G., and DeVries, Keith R., and White, Donald J. 1995. The Ancient Greek World:The Rodney S. Young Gallery.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 31 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Benson, Jack L., and Schaus, Gerald P. 1995. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. University Museum 2; USA 29. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 64, pl. 42, 1-6 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Amyx, Darrell A. 1988. Corinthian Vase-Painting of the Archaic Period.. Berkeley. University of California Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 214 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] 1965. Guide to the Collections, The University Museum.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. pg. 1-167 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 49 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Collection] Luce, Stephen B. 1921. Catalogue of the Mediterranean Section.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 51, no. 133 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Rambo, Eleanor F. 1919. "On the Design of Greek Vases". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 10. no. 1. pg. 8-14 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 14, fig. 5 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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