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拍品專文
This lathe-turned vessel has a conical body with broad, flaring moldings. The tall pedestal has a disk-shaped base resting on three cylindrical feet; the lid is surmounted by a tall central knob with elaborate moldings.
Pyxides of this form have been found primarily in Attica and other locations with close affiliations with Athens, often together with red-figured vases, suggesting that the atelier for their manufacture was located there. Marble pyxides as well as related pottery examples were used as containers for jewelry or cosmetics. Some have been recovered in funerary contexts, but it is known that others served as temple dedications, including for Aphrodite, Demeter, Athena and Artemis. For a list of related examples and the most recent discussion of the form, see J. Gaunt, “The Classical Marble Pyxis and Dexilla’s Dedication,” pp. 381-398 in R.B. Koehl, ed., AMILLA, The Quest for Excellence, Studies Presented to Guenter Kopcke in Celebration of His 75th Birthday, 2013. That they were once brightly painted is confirmed by the surviving pigment on several examples (see H. Brecoulaki, et al., “Colour and Luxury, Three Classical Painted Marble Pyxides from the Collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Athens,” in J.S. Østergaard, and A.M. Nielsen, eds., Transformations: Classical Sculpture in Colour, 2014, pp. 152–65.
Pyxides of this form have been found primarily in Attica and other locations with close affiliations with Athens, often together with red-figured vases, suggesting that the atelier for their manufacture was located there. Marble pyxides as well as related pottery examples were used as containers for jewelry or cosmetics. Some have been recovered in funerary contexts, but it is known that others served as temple dedications, including for Aphrodite, Demeter, Athena and Artemis. For a list of related examples and the most recent discussion of the form, see J. Gaunt, “The Classical Marble Pyxis and Dexilla’s Dedication,” pp. 381-398 in R.B. Koehl, ed., AMILLA, The Quest for Excellence, Studies Presented to Guenter Kopcke in Celebration of His 75th Birthday, 2013. That they were once brightly painted is confirmed by the surviving pigment on several examples (see H. Brecoulaki, et al., “Colour and Luxury, Three Classical Painted Marble Pyxides from the Collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Athens,” in J.S. Østergaard, and A.M. Nielsen, eds., Transformations: Classical Sculpture in Colour, 2014, pp. 152–65.