Pyxis from museum collection - found in Naples area
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Object number
AR2470
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Paxis with lid
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| Material: |
Whitish clay with black slip
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| Date: |
Late 5th - 4th century B.C. Etruscan copy of a classical greek shape |
| Description: |
Ovoid pyxis with flat shoulder and small conical foot. Two vertical handles at the outer side of the shoulder, frames with a small know to each side. With original lid decorated at the top of the knob.
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| Size: |
Height 109 mm with and 82 mm without handles, diameter 86 mm. Lid diameter 49 mm.
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| Condition: |
Nicely preserved. Body almost undamaged, with small chips at foot and neck. Black slip mostly preserved.
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| References: |
For the Greek archetypes, see e.g.: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 1932.145 (575008, corinthian) For a later Italian piece of similar shape (Apulian red figure), see e.g.: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Copenhagen, National Museum 6, Pl. 265.7 |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2018 from the German family collection Bergweiler which was formed over several generations. Acquired by Ä. and P. Bergweiler between 1965 and 1967 at Antiquitätenhandlung Hermann Zirkel, Cologne, Germany. With note reporting that the vessel originates from a museum collection of a Cologne museum (supposedly the Römisch-Germanisches Museum) and that it was found north of Naples.
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| Authenticity: |
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