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 Middle Corinthian period, Corinth, pyxis vessel, height 5.3 cm, width 10.2 cm, depth 8.5 cm, weight 0.102 kg, A shallow, round ceramic vessel in beige and black sits centered against a neutral gray background, with a flared rim and a slightly concave body. The surface shows painted black decorative bands and motifs, including stylized animal silhouettes and abstract shapes encircling the midsection, a band of alternating dash-like marks along the lower edge, and a dotted band near the rim. The vessel’s beige clay shows irregular darker spots and wear, and the black paint appears faded and uneven in places. The lighting is even, casting a soft shadow beneath the object, and the overall color palette includes beige, black, and shades of gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A02_054

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Rights managed

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70.7Mb (1.3Mb) / 16.6in x 16.6in / 4971 x 4971 (300dpi)

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 Middle Corinthian period Corinth pyxis vessel height 5.3 cm width 10.2 cm depth 8.5 cm weight 0.102 kg shallow round ceramic vessel beige black sits centered neutral gray background flared rim body surface painted black decorative bands motifs stylized animal silhouettes abstract shapes encircling midsection band alternating dash- marks lower edge dotted band near vessel’s beige clay irregular darker spots wear black paint faded uneven places lighting even casting soft shadow beneath object color palette includes black shades gray.