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IMPORTANT POLYCHROME TERRACOTTA PYXID
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IMPORTANT POLYCHROME TERRACOTTA PYXID
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €5,000
Voluntary lot
Description
IMPORTANT POLYCHROME TERRACOTTA PYXID
Greek art, Magna Graecia, Canosa, 3rd century BC.
A large cylindrical pyx resting on three feet, two of which are bird-shaped; the body is painted with a frieze of Erotes, whilst the lid is decorated in relief with a face of Dionysus wearing a diadem and adorned with earrings.
Restorations and retouching of the decoration. The lid may have been replaced.
Height: 22 cm
Diameter: 18.5 cm
Provenance: Former Belgian private collection, probably acquired between 1920 and 1940, then passed down through the family since the 1950s
Bonhams, London, 1 May 2008: lot 201 (ill.)
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2008
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA108)
Being a Woman in Ancient Greece, Musée de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France, 17 October 2015 – 23 May 2015
Bibliography: Bonhams, Antiquities Sale, London, 1 May 2008, lot 201
J. M. Eisenberg, *Art of the Ancient World*, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2009, vol. XX, p. 56, fig. 119
J. Boardman, ‘Greek Art’ in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 66, fig. 30
M. Merrony, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2012, p. 38
A large Canosan terracotta pyxis,
Magna Graecia, 3rd century BC
See original version (French)
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