Pyxis (containers for cosmetics and personal items)
Pyxis (containers for cosmetics and personal items)
Artist
The Havana Painter
(Greek)
Place of OriginGreece, Corinth
Dateabout 600 BCE
DimensionsH (with lid): 7 15/16 in. (20.2 cm); H (without lid): 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm); Diam (rim): 7 9/32 in. (18.5 cm); Diam (rim with handles): 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); Diam (base): 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm); H (lid): 3 15/32 in. (8.8 cm); Diam (lid): 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
MediumWheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware with incised details
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1963.24A-B
Not on View
Vermeule, Emily, "Myths, Shapes and Colors," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, Dec. 1967, p. 420, fig. 3.
Riefstahl, Rudolph M., "Greek Vases," The Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 11, no. 2, 1968, p. 31, repr.
Luckner, Kurt T., "Greek Vases: Shapes and Uses," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 15, no. 3, 1972, p. 86, fig. 39.
Amyx, Darrell A., and P. Lawrence, Corinth VII, vol. 2, 1975, p. 24, under no. 47.
Amyx, Darell A., Corinthian Vase Painters, Berkeley, p. 129, no. 1.
Boulter, Cedric G., and Kurt T. Luckner, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Toledo Museum of Art fasc. 2. U.S.A fasc. 20, Mainz, 1984, pl. 74, 75, 1.
Amyx, Darrell A., Corinthian vase-painting of the archaic period, Berkeley, 1988, p. 129, 447, pl. 52.
Exhibition HistoryTreasures for Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Dec. 1964 -Jan. 1965.
A painter related to the Columbus Painter and the Luxur Group
about 600 BCE
A painter near the Edinburgh Painter
about 510-500 BCE
The Acheloos Painter, Leagros Group
about 510 BCE
The Acheloos Painter, Leagros Group
about 510-500 BCE
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