Pyxis
MS3438
Location: On Display in the Etruscan Italy Gallery
From: Italy | Etruria | Orvieto
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS3438 |
| Current Location | Etruscan Italy Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Attic |
| Provenience | Italy | Etruria | Orvieto |
| Manufacture Location | Attica |
| Date Made | ca. 540-500 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Figure | Attic |
| Iconography | Ariadne | Dionysos | Satyr | Maenad | Dance |
| Description | Bowl of Nicosthenic pyxis. Minor fragments of all elements missing. Fully glazed except for underside, resting surface and edge of foot, and reserved, figured zone on upper wall. Dance of numerous satyrs and maenads converging on a pair: Dionysos & Ariadne? a bearded male figure, fully clothed, approaching a female figure who is pulling aside her mantle. |
| Height | 15.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Riccardo Mancini; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1898 |
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