Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects) (450-440 BCE): Artwork and History

Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects) (450-440 BCE) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as Attributed to the Euaion Painter Greek; Athens.

The work and its context

The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:

This pyxis, which has concave sides, a flange over the base, and a flat lid with a handle in the shape of a pomegranate, is attributed to the Euaion Painter, who was a follower of Douris. Douris’s name is known because he signed his vases. However, the painter of this vase is unknown, so he is now called after an inscription on another vase that names one Euaion as a handsome boy.

Object facts

• Title: Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
• Date: 450-440 BCE
• Artist attribution: Attributed to the Euaion Painter Greek; Athens
• Place of origin: Greece
• Medium: terracotta, red-figure
• Dimensions: 13.4 × 10.2 cm (5 1/4 × 4 in.)
• Type: Vessel
• Department: Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
• Reference number: 1892.125a-b

Collection credit

Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson

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