About this artwork
There is a continuous frieze around the body of the vessel consisting of seated draped youths, standing draped females, naked youths with spears, runners and young riders. The draped male figures, seated and standing, all seem to be youths (they wear long chitons and himatia) and hold staffs. The standing women have lost their added white paint. A single naked boy is introduced in the frieze behind one of the women. There are mock inscriptions (dots) in the field.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium
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Culture
- Ancient Greek
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Title
- Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
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Place
- Greece (Object made in)
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Date
- 550 BCE–500 BCE
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Medium
- terracotta, black-figure
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Dimensions
- 18 × 14.2 × 20 cm (7 1/8 × 7 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson
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Reference Number
- 1889.13
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/160/manifest.json