Caption

Orientalising pyxis with an animal frieze in the Silhouette style, Images of animals, Middle Corinthian period, cats. Thin-walled pyxis with a straight rim, slightly concave body walls, and a flat bottom. Small vices mounted horizontally just near the edge of the rim. The main decorative band, bounded at the top and bottom by a thin line of varnish, depicts figures of animals executed using the silhouette technique. Between the silhouettes there are simplified filling ornaments. Clay color: 5 Y 8/2 pale yellow Varnish color: 5 Y 2.5/1 black 590–570 BC dated to the Middle Corinthian period, Corinth. Pyxis, vessel; height 5.3 cm, width 10.2 cm, depth 8.5 cm, weight 0.102 kg., A small shallow ceramic vessel sits on a neutral gray surface against a gray background, showing a beige base color with dark brown to black painted decoration; the vessel flares outward slightly toward the top and has a short foot at the bottom, with two small protruding handles near the rim; the interior is dark brown near the rim transitioning to beige toward the center, while the exterior features a band of dark painted motifs including stylized animal-like figures and geometric shapes encircling the body, bordered above and below by dotted and triangular decorative bands in dark brown to black on the beige clay.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A02_051

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Keywords

Orientalising pyxis animal frieze Silhouette style Images animals Middle Corinthian period cats Thin-walled pyxis straight rim slightly concave body walls flat bottom Small vices mounted horizontally near edge rim main decorative band bounded top bottom thin line varnish depicts figures executed using silhouette technique silhouettes simplified filling ornaments Clay color 5 Y 8 2 pale yellow Varnish color 5 Y 2.5 1 black 590–570 BC dated Corinth Pyxis vessel height 5.3 cm width 10.2 cm depth 8.5 cm weight 0.102 kg small shallow ceramic vessel sits neutral gray surface gray background showing beige base color dark brown black painted decoration flares outward slightly short foot two small protruding handles near interior dark brown near rim transitioning beige center exterior features band dark motifs stylized animal- figures geometric shapes encircling body bordered dotted triangular decorative bands beige clay.