On view
Ancient Mediterranean Art
Pyxis (round box) depicting a siren, panthers, deer, and bird,
ca. 580–570 BCE
attributed to the Ampersand Painter, Corinthian, active ca. 600–575 BCE
Greek
Corinthian Period, Middle Corinthian Period, ca. 595/90–570 BCE, ca. 625–535 BCE
y1957-5
Information
Title
Pyxis (round box) depicting a siren, panthers, deer, and bird
Dates
ca. 580–570 BCE
Maker
attributed to the Ampersand Painter
Medium
Black-figure ceramic
Dimensions
h. 14.4 cm, diam. 15.2 cm (5 11/16 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Hetty Goldman
Object Number
y1957-5
Place Made
Europe, Greece, Corinth
Culture
Period
Type
Acquired by Hetty Goldman in Rome; given to the Museum in 1957
- J.L. Benson, "A Corinthian dipinto vase", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 16, no. 1 (1957): p. 6-11., fig. 1, p. 8 (illus.); fig. 2, p. 9 (illus.); fig. 3, p. 10 (illus.)
- Frances Follin Jones, "Recent aquisitions of Ancient Art", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 17, no. 1 (1958): p. 41–43., p. 42 [as Schooners in Moonlight]
- J.L. Benson, "The Ampersand Painter," American journal of archaeology 63, no. 3, (Jul., 1960): p. 281-283., p. 282; cat. no. 5
- J. L. Benson, "Corinthian vases in the Art Museum Collection", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 31, no. 2 (1972): p. 8-19., fig. 15, p. 11 (illus.)
- A.W. Johnston, Trademarks on Greek vases, (Warminster: Aris & Phillips Ltd., 1979)., p. 170; cat. no. 41;
- D.A. Amyx, Corinthian vase-painting of the Archaic Period, (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1988)., cat. no. 6; p. 219
