1960.391.A-B: Black-Gloss Pyxis and Cover
Vessels
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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
- Permissions
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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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