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NM Ant 0041 :: pyxis

Object description

Pyxis: plain rim; short neck; globular body; rounded handles on shoulder; tall, hollow stem; splaying base. Buff clay; buff slip; lustrous, brown to black paint; added red. Neck painted; one red band and two black ones encircling shoulder; large figured frieze on upper and mid-body: on one side a panther, a siren and a sphinx, on the other side three sirens - incised details; incised blobby rosettes and blobs as filling ornaments in the frieze; on lower body a black zone between narrow red and black bands; stem painted; two bands on base.

Lid: rounded handle at top centre; domed lid. Buff clay; lustrous, dark to light brown paint; added maroon. Bars and a circle on handle; on top centre two rows of rays and two horizontal lines; broad band encircling top centre; further below two rows of dots and three bands; on edge three brown and one maroon band and two rows of dots; bottom reserved.

Data elements
References (1)

Serie nummer

836

Inventory number

NM Ant 0041

Previous ID

NM Ant 0041A

Object

pyxis

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Probably a gift from prince Oscar (later king Oscar II) in 1868. Transferred from Gustaf III:s Museum of Antiquities to the National Museum.

Description

Name - Acquired from

Oscar II (1829 - 1907), Kung av Norge, Kung av Sverige

Source - http: collections.smvk.se, id.loc.gov, digitaltmuseum.org, libris.kb.se
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: sv.wikipedia.org
Source, Viaf - same as: viaf.org
Source, Kulturnav - same as: kulturnav.org

Name - Owner

Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Description: Nationalmuseum is a publicly owned cultural institution.Nationalmuseum%20is%20a%20publicly%20owned%20cultural%20institution.
Source - http: www.nationalmuseum.se, collections.smvk.se

Comments

Lid does most probably not belong to pyxis.

Gustaf III:s Museum of Antiquities n°1861:626 .

Urval Galleriet.

Äldre bild A.Stalteri Marcus. M. Sjöblom.

Keyword

ceramics

NegNo

NM Ant 0041(1).jpg

Cf Publications

H. Payne, Necrocorinthia. A study of Corinthian art in the Archaic period, Oxford 1931, cat.n°905-12.

Publications

CVA Stockholm 1, pl.15:7-11, figs.73 and 155.

PhotoNegNo

MM neg 8042-47.

NM Ant 0041(2).jpg

NM Ant 0041A.jpg

Pottery Ware

Corinthian

Height / Höjd

4,5 cm; 14,5 cm

Diameter

7,7 cm; 9,9,Lid:cm; 9,9 cm

Dimensions

H 14.5; H (including handle) 14.9. Ø of rim 7.7. Ø of base 9.9. Lid: H 4.5; Ø 9.9.

Loan in - Current

in-1977.0002, Medelhavsmuseet

Condition

Cracked. Part of base gone. Much paint gone.

Original register

GreekRoman

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