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Source Description
The lid of this red-figure pyxis depicts the head, neck, and chest of a dog, to the right in profile with a collar around its neck.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
5145
label
Pyxis with Bust of a Dog
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
id
5145
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Pyxis with Bust of a Dog
description
The lid of this red-figure pyxis depicts the head, neck, and chest of a dog, to the right in profile with a collar around its neck.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th century BC (Classical)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
pyxides
imageCount
5
pageCount
5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
5.6
height
6.8
dimensionsRaw
with lid: 2 3/16 x 2 11/16 in. (5.6 x 6.8 cm) (h. x max. diam.);at mouth: 1 15/16 x 2 1/16 in. (5 x 5.2 cm) (h. x diam.);at foot: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm) (diam.)
Source extras
cul
Greek
style
Attic
inscriptions
[Translation] Graffito on bottom of base and underside of lid: NZ
med
terracotta
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6256
collection_ids
GRC
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none
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