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Red Figure Footed Pyxis, Cosmetics Container

1922.01.0063A

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Red Figure Footed Pyxis, Cosmetics Container   (1922.01.0063A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Toilet Articles
    3. :
  3. Beauty Supplies
Artist/Maker White Saccos Workshop
Geographic Location
Period Hellenistic
Date 320– 310 BCE
Culture South Italian Greek, Apulian
Location On Exhibitin the Ancient Mediterranean exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Diameter) 9.1 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 6.2 cm
Dimension 3 (Diameter) 4.4 cm
Weight 116 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze
Manufacturing Processes Throwing, Firing, Painting, Glazing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Trendall, A. D. and Alexander Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia. Vol. II. Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1982. Page 1005, no. 680a.

Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989.
Page 39, Plate 50, 1.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection
Reproduction No

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