Red Figure Footed Pyxis, Cosmetics Container: Lid
1922.01.0063B
Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Red Figure Footed Pyxis, Cosmetics Container: Lid (1922.01.0063B) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | White Saccos Workshop |
| Geographic Location |
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| Period/Date | Hellenistic, 320– 310 BCE |
| Culture | South Italian Greek, Apulian |
| Location | On Exhibitin the Ancient Mediterranean exhibit |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Diameter) | 9.1 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Height) | 7.4 cm |
| Dimension 3 (N/A) | N/A |
| Weight | 109 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze |
| Manufacturing Processes | Throwing, Firing, Painting, Glazing |
| Munsell Color Information | Black ( N 2.5) -ns Brownish Orange ( 5 Y R 5/6) -ns |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | APULIAN RED FIGURE FOOTED PYXIS AND LID Shape and Ornament: Round pyxis, convex knob on lid, stepped foot. Reserved bands on knob of lid, below the laurel wreath on pyxis, and at top and bottom of stepped foot. SUBJECT: Primary decoration on the lid. On one side, a female head, seen in profile facing left flanked by volutes. Palmette on reverse. Laurel wreath on body of pyxis. Accessory color: Yellow: woman's sakkos, stephane, and necklace. From Rome. Attributed as a late product of the Kantharos Group in the White Saccos Workshop by A. D. Trendall (in a letter dated 8/3/79). About 320-310 B. C. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 50, 1. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | For a very similar female head on an oinochoe of the same workshop (once London Market, Charles Ede Ltd.) see Trendall and Cambitoglou, The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia. Vol. II.: Oxford, 1982. P. 1003, no. 612, pl. 389:5 |
| 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
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
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| Credit Line/Dedication | University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection |
| Reproduction | No |
| Reproduction Information | N/A |