The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Terracotta tripod pyxis (box)

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Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Terracotta tripod pyxis (box)

Period:: Early Corinthian
Date:: ca. 620–590 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Corinthian
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: H. of vase 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); H. of vase with cover 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); H. of cover : 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number:: 22.139.4a, b

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

Description

On each leg, woman between sphinxes
On the lid, woman among animals

The tripod pyxis is known in Corinth, Attica, and Boeotia where it seems particularly at home. This example has been singled out as one of the best surviving examples from Corinth.
References

Richter, Gisela M.A. 1923. "Early Greek Vases." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 18(7): p. 177.
See also
What
Clay (23,649)

Vessels (21,921)

Vases (8,895)

Terracotta (8,373)

Pyxides (108)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Greece (6,287)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.