ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Pyxis
AAT Object Form/Functionpyxides (personal use containers)
AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)
AAT Object Techniquepainting (image-making)
Place CreatedSicily, Italy, Europe
CultureGreek, Centuripe
PeriodHellenistic
Datemid 3rd Century BCE
MediumCeramic, tempera, gilt
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
Dimensions19 11/16 x 12 in. (50 x 30.5 cm)
Object number2000.006.002
Exhibition HistoryRoyal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, December 18, 1984 - June 30, 1985MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, 2000 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - September 15, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, March 23, 2015 - Present
Published ReferencesNeda Leipen, et al., Glimpses of Excellence: A Selection of Greek Vases and Bronzes from the Elie Borowski Collection (Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1984), 25-26, number 19.
Christie's New York, Ancient Greek Vases (June 12, 2000), lot 126.
MCCM Newsletter, September - November 2000.
Philipp Baas, "Zu den Vasenbildern aus Centuripe," Jahreshefte des Osterreichischen Archaologischen Institutes in Wien 85 (2016): 91, figures 3-5.
Mary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant, Women's Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation, 4th Edition (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), 185, Figure 21.
ProvenanceEx coll. Elie Borowski (1913-2003), Basel, Switzerland, from at least 1984. Purchased by MCCM from Christie's New York, June 12, 2000, lot 126.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
late 5th - early 4th Century BCE
ca. 590-570 BCE
4th Century BCE
early 6th Century BCE
ca. 760-730 BCE
5th Century BCE
8th Century BCE
8th Century BCE
8th Century BCE
8th Century BCE
