Red Figure Skyphoid Pyxis, Cosmetics Container: Lid
1922.01.0071B
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Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Red Figure Skyphoid Pyxis, Cosmetics Container: Lid (1922.01.0071B) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | None |
| Geographic Location |
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| Period/Date | Hellenistic, 325 – 300 BCE |
| Culture | Sicilian |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Diameter) | 15.0 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Height) | 5.4 cm |
| Dimension 3 (N/A) | N/A |
| Weight | 219 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze |
| Manufacturing Processes | Throwing, Firing, Glazing |
| Munsell Color Information | Grayish Brown (7.5 YR 3/2) -ns Moderate Yellowish Pink ( 5 YR 6.5/4) -ns |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | SICILIAN RED-FIGURE SKYPHOID PYXIS AND LID Shape and Ornament: Round body with ring base, convex lid with knob in two degrees. Ivy leaves connected with incised stems on lid. Also reserved are a band around rim, and interior of knob except for one glazed band. Subject: On each side of pyxis, a woman's head seen in profile and facing left. Her curly hair is bound in a kekryphalos. Between the heads are palmettes flanked with volutes. Dilute glaze for women's hair. Accessory Colors: White (faded) ivy leaves. Identified by A. D. Trendall as Sicilian rather than Campanian (in a letter dated 8/3/79). About 325-300 B. C. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 55, 5. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | Bottle in Palermo 2706 (Trendall, The Red-Figure Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, 1967. P. 638, pl. 251:2) Pyxis in Ragusa, (no inv. no.) (Trendall, The Red-Figure Vases of Lucania, Campania and Sicily, 1967. P. 639-640, pl. 251:5). |
| Bibliography | Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 43, Plate 55,5. |
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 |