Pyxis with Three Feet and Cover | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1925.30.3.A-B
Title: Pyxis with Three Feet and Cover
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 600 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Corinthia
Period: Orientalizing period to Archaic
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/292055

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Terracotta; pale yellow clay with slip
Technique: Wheel-made
Dimensions: 7 x 8.4 cm (2 3/4 x 3 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Joseph Clark Hoppin, Purchased in Athens, 1898, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1925.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Accession Year: 1925
Object Number: 1925.30.3.A-B
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Intact. Body: on outer side of each leg a siren; cover: series of concentric bands almost obliterated.

Publication History

Joseph Clark Hoppin and Albert Gallatin, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, U.S.A.: volume 1, Hoppin and Gallatin Collections, Libraire Ancienne Edouard Champion (Paris, 1926)

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1925.30.3.A-B: Pyxis with Three Feet and Cover