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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.391.A-B
Title
Black-Gloss Pyxis and Cover
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
5th century BCE
Period
Classical period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290441

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Black glaze

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.391.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Black-gloss pyxis with lid, inscribed "XENIADA" in Corinthian Greek letters along the rim; "X" incised under the base (this X has a vertical stroke). Interior of bowl covered with gloss, interior of lid reserved. Foot and rim of bowl and rim of lid chipped.

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 22, no. 157

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
  • [teaching exhibition], University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque

Verification Level

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