Terracotta pyxis (box)
On the lid, satyr
Satyrs were popular not only because of their connection to Dionysos but also because they provided artists the opportunity to depict the nude male body in a particularly wide variety of poses. This satyr, within a tondo, finds good counterparts on the somewhat later coinage of Naxos on Sicily. The inscription praises the beauty of Lysikles. The box would have contained small personal items probably belonging to a lady.
Satyrs were popular not only because of their connection to Dionysos but also because they provided artists the opportunity to depict the nude male body in a particularly wide variety of poses. This satyr, within a tondo, finds good counterparts on the somewhat later coinage of Naxos on Sicily. The inscription praises the beauty of Lysikles. The box would have contained small personal items probably belonging to a lady.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta pyxis (box)
- Artist: Attributed to the Thaliarchos Painter
- Period: Late Archaic
- Date: ca. 510 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
- Dimensions: H. of box 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm); H. with cover 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.253a, b
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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