Miniature Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

300-270 BCE

Greek; probably Campania, Italy

The shoulder of this vase is decorated with a black ivy wreath with complex runners. Black lines appear on the handles and between them, as well as on the short neck.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Greek
Title: Miniature Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
Place: Cales (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 300 BCE–270 BCE
Medium: terracotta, with silhouette decoration
Dimensions: a (jar): 7.1 × 8.5 × 8.5 cm (2.82 × 3 .375 × 3.375 in) b (lid): 2.1 × 4 × 4 cm (.83 × 1.61 × 1.60 in) c (saucer): 2.5 × 13.3 × 13.3 cm (1 × 5.25 × 5.25 in)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase Fund
Reference Number: 1889.119a-c
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Pio Marinangeli, Rome; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1889.

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