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A CHALCIDIAN POTTERY PYXIS WITH LID, ATTRIBUTED TO THE LEIPZIG AMPHORA GROUP
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A CHALCIDIAN POTTERY PYXIS WITH LID, ATTRIBUTED TO THE LEIPZIG AMPHORA GROUP

CIRCA 530-520 B.C.

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A CHALCIDIAN POTTERY PYXIS WITH LID, ATTRIBUTED TO THE LEIPZIG AMPHORA GROUP
CIRCA 530-520 B.C.
The rounded body with encircling frieze of four grazing rams, their necks in applied red with incised detail, a single rosette in the field, the shoulder above with a band of 'z'-motifs, the lid decorated with concentric rings, repaired lid
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high incl. lid

Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, Auktion 70, 14 November 1986, no. 195.
Bolla collection.

Specialist note

PUBLISHED:
R. J. Keck, 'Studien zur Rezeption fremder Einflesse in der chalkidischen Keramik. Ein Beitrag zur Lokalisierungsfrage,, Archäologische Studien, 8, Frankfurt, 1988, pp. 61, 242, no. PY1; M. Iozzo, 'Ceramica calcidese', Atti e Memorie della Societe Magna Grecia, 2, 1993, pp. 46, 48, 129; and Animals, 2004, VI, no. 42.