Currently not on view
Miniature chous (toy pitcher) depicting baby,
ca. 440–420 BCE
Greek, Attic
y1953-22
Information
Title
Miniature chous (toy pitcher) depicting baby
Dates
ca. 440–420 BCE
Medium
Red-figure ceramic
Dimensions
h. 7.5 cm, diam. 5.4 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Caroline G. Mather Fund
Object Number
y1953-22
Culture
Period
Subject
Purchased from Parket-Bernet in 1953.
- Corpus vasorum antiquorum, (Union Académique Internationale, 1923-)., CVA Toledo 2: pl. 120, 2-4, Toledo 28.166 (ex MMA 03.3.7/GR 729)
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Gerard van Hoorn, Choes and anthesteria, (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1951).
, p. 41 on the cake which was given as a prize (in drinking contest); p. 44 on the toy disk and stick - Frances Follin Jones, "A miniature jug", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 12, no. 1 (1953): p. 37., p. 37 (illus.)
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Egyptian, Greek and Roman art: bronze & wood statuettes, sculptured limestone reliefs, bronzes and marble sculptures, Attic terra cotta vases. Early Christian, Coptic, & Byzantine art: near eastern bronze vessels. Gothic & Renaissance art: furniture, paintings..., (New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1953).
, cat. no. 83 - "Acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 13, no. 2, (1954): p. 62-63., p. 63
- J.R. Green, "Some alterations and additons to van Hoorn 'choes and anthesteria' (Leiden, 1951)", Bulletin (Institute of Classical Studies) 8, no. 1 (1961): p. 23-27., p. 27, no. 91
- Jenifer Neils and John H. Oakley, Coming of age in ancient Greece: images of childhood from the classical past, (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press; Hanover, NH: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2003)., p. 181 (illus.); p. 305; cat. no. 122;
