Lot Essay
For a similar horse-lidded pyxis, see no. 24a in J.M. Coldstream, Geometric Greece.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF COPLEY CROSBY
THREE ATTIC POTTERY VESSELS
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA MID 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
THREE ATTIC POTTERY VESSELS
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA MID 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Including two lidded pyxides, each with a rounded body and flat base, decorated with black-painted geometric ornament, the lid and interior with two sets of two conforming perforations; one with a band of cross-hatched meander, the lid with two horses painted with geometric ornament, concentric bands and rays around the rim; and one with a band of vertical zigzag, and concentric circles, chevrons and vertical bands, the lid with a conical finial; and a tankard, with a short biconical body and tall flaring neck, the high arching strap handle joined to the body and rim, with three registers of geometric ornament
Widest: 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diameter
GEOMETRIC PERIOD, CIRCA MID 8TH CENTURY B.C.
Including two lidded pyxides, each with a rounded body and flat base, decorated with black-painted geometric ornament, the lid and interior with two sets of two conforming perforations; one with a band of cross-hatched meander, the lid with two horses painted with geometric ornament, concentric bands and rays around the rim; and one with a band of vertical zigzag, and concentric circles, chevrons and vertical bands, the lid with a conical finial; and a tankard, with a short biconical body and tall flaring neck, the high arching strap handle joined to the body and rim, with three registers of geometric ornament
Widest: 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Mr. John Crosby Jr. and Mrs. Ruth Enos Crosby, Nevada, acquired while traveling in Greece in 1935; thence by descent.
Exhibited
Minneapolis Museum of Art, 1936-1951 (Loan numbers L36.152, L36.153 and L.36.154).